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New Haven/León Sister City Project

608 Whitney Avenue

New Haven, CT 06511

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NHLSCP Financial Statements FY 2011Current AssetsCash and Other Current Assets 137,304

Liabilities and EquityTotal Deferred Support 17,806Total Liabilities 17,806

EquityTotal Net Assets 101,444Unrestricted Net Assets 6,808Net Income 11,246Total Equity 119,499Total Liabilities and Equity 137,304

Statement of Revenue and ExpensesSupport and RevenueContributions 122,722Net Service Revenue 18,761Investment Income 100

Total 141,583*

ExpenseProgram 110,618Supporting Services 12,340Fundraising 10,629

Total 133,587Net Income (Loss) 7996* Does not include In-Kind Services - $ 6,210

THANK YOU When the work of the NH/LSCP began in 1984, ending U.S.aggression against Nicaragua and working with the people of León to realizetheir dreams were uppermost in our minds. We did see commonalities in ourtwo cities: teaching hospitals, major universities, similar population size aswell as a long proud history. We knew that as U.S. citizens we had aresponsibility to stand up to the injustice that was perpetrated in our name.It was, however, not always easy to see that we shared problems. Theextreme poverty and under development in Nicaragua was undeniable. Sowas the terrible human cost of the contra war. Then there was the manifestabsurdity, that the U.S. was in imminent danger of an invasion by Nicaragua.All of these made it difficult to see problems that the two cities shared. Timewould take care of that.

In his opening letter, Chris lists some of our new projects in Goyena. They address issues of food insecurity,domestic violence, climate change and environmental degradation. These are problems that we now see asworld wide and, yes, they exist here in New Haven also. It is undeniable that we all share the problems of ourbeautiful threatened planet. Our problems are to a large extent made by humans. So is it in our hands to workon solutions. Our vision and role as a sister city endeavor has evolved with the times. We trust that our workcontributes to the healing and mending of this world.

At this writing the New Haven/Leon Sister City Project is well into its twenty-eighth year. Thanks to you we havea past to be proud of and your continuing support will carry us into the future. Look at the list of donors in2011. So many. Some of you have been with us since our earliest days and some are newly arrived. Thanks toyou all. ADELANTE! Patty Nuelsen, Director of Development

León StaffLuis ChavarriaFinance/Sustainability

Ivett FonsecaEducation Coordinator

Erendira VenegasDelegation Coordinator

NH/LSCP Board of DirectorsRay Pagliaro, Co-PresidentRoy MoneyVirginia Chapman,Co-PresidentWilliam VasquezSusan Bramhall, TreasurerMike SoaresHillary HildaneHenry LowendorfSusan Power Trucksess

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New Haven StaffPatty NuelsenDirector ofDevelopment

Chris SchweitzerProgram Director

Hopkins/Horace Mann delegates on top ofthe León cathedral in June.

Support and Revenue 2011

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2011 Contributions

FoundationsInternational Association ofNew HavenNew England Biolabs FoundationTrico Foundation

ContributorsRev. Harry & Manette AdamsJean-Christophe AgnewValerie AlbertiSusan Bramhall & Shelly AltmanNancy ApfelBob AppicelliMarc AppletonLeo & Nicole ArnaboldiKristen & Ron AxelradSherill BaldwinLouis BarskyD. Riding & Oliver BartonGianna BavidoMs. Betty BazinClarice BegemanChris BellSusan BennittJulia BergerAnthony BialeckiDean Singewald & Kathy BidneyEric & Lou Ann BohmanLynne BonnettMarie BorroffJohn & Julia BowersTaffy & Jay BowesTom & Mary BreenAllan BrisonDon Wunderlee & Janet BrodieLois BromsonValerie BrownGeorge & Josephine BuchananCecelia BuckiMaz BurbankLucile Burgo-BlackJenny Tate & Walker BurnsTrudy & Ron BuxenbaumDorreen Labby & Bill CareyBob Parker & David CarterJohn & Wendy ChampionCathy ChapmanDavid Thompson & Ginger ChapmanOlive ChupkaShannon ClarksonElena & Patrick CoffeyArlene Aizer CohenDavid & Nancy CohenKatherine & Tom ColeMary ColwellCongregation Mishkan IsraelSally ConnollyJudy & Rob CopeMaureen CoughlinLynn CovilleStephen & Martha CuttsJane DavisPietro DecamilliEleanor & Miriam DevineSusan Hill & David DicksonPaula DiehlGeorge DillonFrances DittesVictoria DoddMildred & Jay DoodyCarol Dorfman

Douglas Gollin & Cheryl DossMelinda Tuhus & Rob DubrowDavid DuffnerKate Manning & Carey DunneBill DysonDeb ElkinSherrill & John EllisElliot & Emma EphraimGloria EustisBob & Alice EvansRobert & Lucille EvansKathleen & John FabishFairfield UniversityEdith FairgrieveWilliam FisherStephanie FitzgeraldElaine FitzpatrickGeorgeanne FlanaganGilda Outremont & Dave FormanCatherine & John ForrestJoan ForsbergJoan & Alex FraserTeresa FreemanBecky FriedkinKathy Davis & Bob GelbachThomas & Geraldine GiaimoBill Collins & Tish GibbsFrances GiffinKitty & Richard GladstoneDavid & Yolanda GoffJennifer GoldbergCarol & Michael GordonJoy GordonWilliam & Jean GrausteinLinda Green & Claude GraziaBarbara GreenwoodPaul Bloom & Millie GrenoughFrances GrodzinskyIoanna & Dmitri GutasHamden Hall Country Day SchoolHildegarde HannumMargaret HansenYasmin HaqueJohn & Carol HayAnne HigginsLesley & John Higgins-BiddleBarbara HobbsRob HoffnungSusan HolahanHoughton MifflinJohn HughesMary & Arthur HuntLucile HutchinsonAaron JafferisGeorge & Anne JafferisJames JohnsonMary JohnsonPatricia Pessar & Gil JosephMerrily KaplanPat KaplanJonathan KatzVincent KayEunice KaymenLinda & Drew KeyesMi Ok Yi & Kiyoung KimJeff & Adrienne KleinNeil KluepfelAnne Somsel & Stephen KobasaPaul KobasaCarolyn KovelJane KovelStephen & Kathlyn KraffmillerLadies Home Missionary SocietyFrank & Pat Laduca

Maxine LampertRick Goodwin &Rachel LampertSusan & RichardLandonRev. Kate & ArthurLatimerDietrich Moor &Heather LauverHannah LeckmanJohn LeinenweberDavid Cross & NancyLeshLowell LevinWoody LevinRobin Levine-RittermanWilliam Scott LongAdriane LonzarichSusan Klein & Henry LowendorfLucille LupinskiJane MacAlpineMichael Baron & Ruth J MagrawSherman MaloneAl MarderBeth Rubenstein & Evan MarkiewiczVirginia Jeanne MaurerAl MayShirley McConahayVictorya McEvoyPete & Alicia McKinnisRobert & Lauren McManusLetitia McPhedranKathleen McTigueJohn Watson & Susan MeredithRon & Cathie MillerMary Lesser & Roy MoneyMaria MonielloWilliam MoricoDerry MoritzAl & Mary MuellerBonnie MullerFrancis Braunlich & Liz NeuseNewington High SchoolDavid NewtonLisa NewtonTrish NieceJohn & Sherry NiemanPatty NuelsenLuisa & Joe OdellMargot OsborneCharissa PacellaFrank & Paula PanzarellaKate ParanteauKelly ParkJohn M. & Linda J. PawelekJoelle Fishman & Art PerloCharles Pillsbury & Allie PerryThe Rev. Susan PfeilSusan PokornyNorine PolioRoberta C. PollardHenry & Margaret PowellWalter Scott & Nancy PowerNathan & Joanna PriceMargaret Judd & Bennett PudlinJennifer PughSally PurvisSarah PutneyNancy RamirezBeth RosenNina & John RuckesEric Melita & Tina SantoniJill Savitt

Anne SchefflerJohn & Karen SchneiderPeter SchultheissRichard SchulzJames & Jane SchweitzerDr. Ann SerowMary Sessel-GlassbergMaria SestitoGary SevitskyShalom U.C.C.Michael SheehanRobert ShubRise SiegelJean SilkStephen & Della SilvermanGaddis & Barclay SmithToni SmithOlivia Snyder-SpakMichael SoaresCorrinda & Michael SoaresHumbert Polito & B. SorrentinoGary & Janet SpinnerAlec & Jane StevensLee & Peter StolzmanLeonardo SuzioPatricia Helm & Richard TaylorTemple EmanuelBeth TherienJohn & Nancy ThursbyVictoria TraubeSusan TrucksessMaria TupperShawn UptonFlora Zoe VandykeClaudia VestalBarbara WareckWilliam & Kate WeberWesleyan UniversityIrm & Morris WesselRob & Sally Cole WhiffenBarbara WhiteJoan WhitneyCynthia WillauerLisa Kalner & Randolph WilliamsElizabeth & Mike WillsMichael WishniePaula Kline & Alan Wright

Hopkins School delegate Rachel Wiahni-Edwardsduring preschool recess in Goyena.

Dear Friends of New Haven /León SCP,

At the end of the play both Oscar Romero andthe protagonist campesino (Jesus) are shot. We’re left wondering iftheir spirit will live on in others (Romero preached: “If they kill me I willrise again in the people of El Salvador”) and if their struggle for socialjustice will continue, or will those opposing them win.

There are days - with so much power in the hands of so few and so muchgovernment violence- when it’s not clear compassion has the upper handin our fragile world. That question is alive now in Goyena and the storyof Haydee (see photo), who’s family was forced off its land by HurricaneMitch in 1998 and who’s father recently died of chronic renal insufficiencylikely connected to his work in the sugar cane fields. Now Haydee is aleader of the Environmental Youth Brigade, a teacher in the preschool,and also finishing up secondary school with hopes to continue to get adegree in education. Yet the challenges she will face - poverty, politicalcorruption, domestic violence - are significant.

But the message of the play seems to be less about victory and more a call to awakening, to solidarity, tostepping up for justice. We hope the work of NH/LSCP today - born out of the movement to reject theviolent US policies in the 80s in Central America - is part of that arc and that we’re true to that call.

2011 was a very busy year for New Haven/Leόn SCP. As you’ll see in the following pages a lot happened:the birth of a new theater project with a play in New Haven and theater trainings in Leόn and New Haven; afood security committee started; staff changes in Leόn; significant gains seen in the preschool in Goyena;beginning the WalkBikeTransit campaign on climate change and food insecurity; the Environmental YouthBrigade maturing and taking more leadership in sustainable development efforts. The organization alsomade a commitment - with Goyena leadership - to target food insecurity and access to quality primaryeducation over the next 4 years with the hopes of making significant gain in these areas.

All these efforts are growing and we have much planned for 2012 too. We’ve also just begun a new effortfocused on domestic violence in Goyena that will incorporate some of the theater tools to do trainings andspark discussions.

We continue to depend on - and appreciate - the strong support of our many friends. And it’s this support -in both time and resources ­ that continues to make New Haven/Leόn SCP a vital force for social justice inNew Haven and Nicaragua.

Sincerely,

Chris SchweitzerProgram Director

Haydee Yamilett Alonzo Tellez (18) and Yarnesidel Carmen Perez (20) plugging theWalkBikeTransit campaign in a field outside

Rafael Garbalosa as and Jaylee Jordan as in in October

in New Haven.

Food securityCompleted survey ofresidents to learnabout level of foodinsecurity in Goyena;will be supportingexpansion of lunchprogram in theprimary school bybuilding smallkitchen for parentsto cook in; will beexpanding nutritioneducation inpreschool andprimary school andwith parents.

Environmental Youth Brigade Began offeringenvironmental bike tours of the area around Goyena tovisiting delegations; continued learning about theenvironment, including a trip to volcano Cerro Negro tostudy geology; began exploring sustainable developmentprojects including home composting, building a biodigestor,and establishing a demonstration garden at the preschool;helped Hand H.S. Delegates paint a mural at the school.

Theater Project The first year of this project was busyand included workshops on Theater of the Oppressed inNew Haven; sending a delegation in August to Goyenawhich participated in a TO training with 20 Goyenaresidents; presenting the play inOctober at Fair Haven School for four nights.

WalkBikeTransit Thereare clear links betweenhuman behavior andchanges in the climate.And these changes arereally hurting smallcommunities and farmersin Nicaragua and aroundthe world. The NHLSCPWalkBikeTransitCampaign is an effort tohelp people see the linksbetween theirtransportation choices,global warming and foodsecurity.

Project

Highlights

Education in Nicaragua/ US We continued to work to improvethe quality of the preschool with additional teacher trainings andmaterials; the afterschool program continues to offer individualhelp to students and we’re looking at expanding from 1st to 4th to1st to 6th; five delegations with 35 participants went to Nicaraguato learn and support community efforts; Nicaraguan and US staffspoke at high schools and universities about realities in Nicaragua.