Message-ID: <v03007801aeb9d88decb8@[128.104.105.141]> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:57:46 -0600 From: Ken Barnes <mailto:kabarnes@STUDENTS.WISC.EDU> Subject: Environmental delegation to Nicaragua, Feb. 1997 To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
This sounded like it might be of interest to some of you.>
>INVESTING IN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
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>ENVIRONMENTAL DELEGATION TO NICARAGUA, FEBRUARY 15-22, 1997
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>The Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN) is planning a tour of
>Nicaragua that will visit projects with an emphasis on environmental issues,
>including Nicaraguan Community Development Loan Fund borrowers.
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>Scheduled for February 15-22, 1997, the delegation will visit projects
>engaged in organic production of coffee, rice and beans, as well as other
>innovations in environmentally sustainable agriculture, such as integrated
>pest management, in various sites around Nicaragua.
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>Estimated cost of the tour is $800 plus roundtrip airfare to Nicaragua.
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>The Nicaraguan Community Development Loan Fund (NCDLF) is a joint project of
>WCCN and the Nicaraguan Council of Protestant Churches (CEPAD), which
>channels loans from US investors to Nicaraguan borrowers for the purpose of
>economic development in low-income communities.
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>For further information, contact: WCCN, PO Box 1534, Madison, WI 53701; ph.
>(608) 257-7230; email mailto:wccn@igc.apc.org. If you are interested in investing in
>the NCDLF, ask for a free Investor's Prospectus.
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>ALSO VISIT OUR WEB PAGE:
><http://users.aol.com/srampton/wccn/sustainag.html>
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