Our organization has a working philosophy and management ethic principles very clear and defined.

Honesty, because we believe in what we do, and have made a helping compromise that link us to the people of Nicaragua. People with faces and names, who need help from persons like you.

Transparency because we understand that way our daily work. Transparency with our accounts, the funds and donations we receive, which we dedicate almost exclusively to our social programs. Transparency in our activity, which you can follow daily through this website or our blog. And transparency when opening our doors to anyone willing to meet us; and above all, meet them, the persons getting that help.

Closeness because we work with people. We have a direct, personal and close communication with the people we try to help. And that communication can only be achieved by breaking the frontiers and getting close to the people. Listening, seeing, feeling their reality, in a way just closeness and personal relationship can make. And closeness with our partners, collaborators and people like you; who approaches us to know our work, lend a hand or collaborate.

Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian and Development Help, if it is not managed and applied the right way, may cause serious dependence situations and lack of initiative feelings, to the people who receive that help. That´s why we firmly believe that it is the Nicaraguan people, with outside help if necessary; who must, with daily effort, change the reality of this country, and draw a most prosperous and fair future.

At Tio Antonio we understand that the humanitarian help, must be fair, just and efficient, and directed to those who really need it. And it must implicate the beneficiaries and their personal development as well. This help also should have an ethical and educational component; trying to promote values as effort, responsibility, work, compromise, solidarity and collective feeling. In short, we have to fight against the “gift culture”; encouraging individual and collective initiative, democracy and social justice.

We like to think we are investing in people, and those people are the ones who – with their effort and solidarity, and helping other people like them – will contribute to improve people’s quality of life…		"...at Tio Antonio we understand that the humanitarian help, must be fair, just and efficient, and directed to those who really need it. And it must implicate the beneficiaries and their personal development as well..."

We like to think we are investing in people, and those people are the ones who – with their effort and solidarity, and helping other people like them – will contribute to improve people’s quality of life, and will change little by little the future of this country.

Local Employment

We believe that employment, is one of the most efficient and fair helping methods that a poor person can receive. A decent job, with a decent salary as well, not only helps poor people and their family economically; but it also helps to take them responsibility of their own future, the same time that impulses local economy.

That´s the reason at Tio Antonio we always try to employ local workers, whenever it´s possible. And leaving he work done by volunteers to temporal tasks or those requiring especial qualification. Because of our small size and limited resources, our number of Nicaraguan employees at the Social Centre in Granada is still small, but our philosophy in this matter is clear.