blueEnergy (France - Nicaragua)
blueEnergy is a non-profit organisation founded in 2004 in France, whose mission is to sustainably improve the living conditions of marginalised communities in Nicaragua and Ethiopia. Its programmes focus on providing access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH); ensuring food security through agro-ecological methods; and improving access to renewable energy forms, among others. blueEnergy collaborates and works directly with the beneficiary communities and populations, helping to leverage gender equality, adapt to climate change, building capacities, and raise awareness. Their projects have improved living conditions of 90,000 people.
In 2023/24, the Eurofins Foundation is contributing to the project “Improving Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Building Climate Resilience in the Southern Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua”.
The project aims to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in rural (Villa Nueva) and periurban (Punta Masaya) communities of Bluefields through an integrated approach, working with families, schools, communities, and authorities. It includes:
- Installing water supply, sanitation and hygiene infrastructures;
- Training family and school staff in good hygiene and water resource conservation practices;
- Improving water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in two schools;
- Strengthening technical and organisational capacities in the community, with a gender focus;
- Promoting efficient water management, climate resilience and ecosystem restoration through awareness building and community-based
This project contributes to the following United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
