Basic Organization Information
Jubilee House Community
- Also Known As:
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Jubilee House Community, Inc.
- Physical Address:
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Monroe, NC
28112 9449
- EIN:
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56-1252307
- Web URL:
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www.jhc-cdca.org
- Blog URL:
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jhc-cdca.blogspot.com
- NTEE Category:
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q30 International Development, Relief Services
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q20 Promotion of International Understanding
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q23 International Exchanges
- Year Founded:
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1979
- Ruling Year:
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1980
- How This Organization Is Funded:
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Individual Contributions - cash & inkind - $287,218
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Bucknell University Brigades & other Groups - cash & inkind - $287,344
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Vida Fund contributions and loans - $1,452,588
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Mission Statement
The Jubilee House Community is a faith-based organization, ministering to the poor by meeting human needs and promoting reconciliation, accompanying communities in their efforts to become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities. The work of the JHC has always been flexible, adapting to community needs and priorities. The JHC's project, the Center for Development in Central America (CDCA), began in 1993, in response to needs expressed by local Nicaraguan community leaders, and continues to develop in partnership with communities.
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
<strong>Sustainable Agriculture: </strong>working with small farming cooperatives producing organic coffee, sesame, cotton, peanuts, honey, and cashews. In 2011, 36 containers of organic agricultural products were jointly marketed, organic cotton was ginned and baled. Organic by-product development and biodiesel production was continued.<br />
<strong>Health:</strong> In 2011, services in the permanent health clinic in Nueva Vida were expanded, with 2,596 new patients seen. Services were provided by a general practitioner, a pediatrician, a dentist, a lab technician, a counselor, a medic, a community health organizer, a volunteer orthopedist, and an additional number of medical volunteers. Rural clinics were also provided throughout the year, as well as eyeglass fittings, green pharmaceuticals, chronic patient care, in-home visits, and medical lab testing.<br />
<strong>Sustainable Economic Development:</strong> An ongoing work is the development of a vertically integrated production chain for organic cotton, certified as Fair Trade. Seeking ongoing funding for spinning plant machinery and future operating costs remains a challenge. Development of a Shared Risk Investment Fund, named <strong>The Vida Fund</strong>, has been a focus, pairing investors who have patient capital with long-term horizons, willing to share the risk with the poor by investing in this fund.<br />
<strong>Appropriate Technology: </strong>the production of biodiesel from used vegetable oil continues. Solar alternatives to conventional power remain a priority.<br />
<strong>Education: </strong>Hundreds of volunteers, annually, continue to participate in the work of the CDCA, learning new realities from Nicaraguan partners. The CDCA carries out two educational speaking tours each year within the U.S., as well as speaking at International conferences. Our quarterly newsletter (paper and electronic) reaches 14,000 individuals, churches, and organizations.
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Leadership
Sarah Junkin Woodard
Term:
Since
Jan
2004
Profile:
JHC is unique in that it does not have a single leader. The adults who lead it operate by consensus, as an intentional community. Each has areas of expertise, but no major decisions are made without the support of all. This organizational style has been true since its formation in 1979. Everyone participates also in the detail and drudgery work of the community, as well as in project development.
Leadership Statement:
The Jubilee House Community operates by consensus, making decisions as a whole and sharing work responsibilities. While the nonprofit has officers and a Board of Directors named in its corporate structure, Board positions are strictly voluntary and the goals and focus of the work are decided by the whole.
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- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Community Development: Working particularly with hurricane resettlement communities established after Hurricane Mitch devastated Nicaragua in 1998. Sustainable Agriculture: Formation of a grower-owned cooperative business to provide and market organic crops internationally. Health: Establishment of primary health care as well as public health education; connecting U.S. medical volunteers and donated materials with Nicaraguan medical professionals and clinics. Cooperative Development: Providing new and established cooperatives with cooperative training, technical assistance, and access to resources. Appropriate Technology: Seeking to incorporate energy efficient and globally sustainable techniques in the development of all projects. Microenterprise: Providing microenterprise loans in the formation of local business initiatives, both in agricultural projects as well as the formation of commercial businesses. Proceeds revolve into a local community bank. Education: Connecting communities in Nicaragua with individuals, groups, and communities elsewhere, primarily in the U.S., to broaden international understanding and world community.
Program Long-Term Success:
Provision of a permanent health clinic building with staff and medicine in the hurricane resettlement community of Nueva Vida, including dental care and lab testing, as well as the initiation of a Green Pharmacy component.
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Education
- Budget:
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$187,826
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
In 2011: Quarterly Newsletter (14,000 each time); speaking engagements (13 states) with power point presentations (152), brochures, social justice crafts (2,800 viewers); regional / national / international meetings (6 meetings); interns (11) and delegations (14 plus 923 individual overnights); promoting training and ownership of program by those served (2,000 participants); US / Nicaragua health training (particularly in asthma outreach with 25 lay health promoters and staff expansion); sister school sharing program (10 schools); presentation of cooperative and organic development to visiting delegations (41 groups); English classes for cooperative leaders (daily for 18 students); small business workshops (weekly); continuation of aquaponics pilot demonstration project.
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Development work
- Budget:
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$1,868,492
- Category:
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Community Development
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
In 2011: Sustainable agriculture with 10 grower groups in COPROEXNIC (2,115 beneficiaries); daily medical clinic provision (2,596 new patients), periodic medical specialists and rural clinics, expansion of dental staff and procedures (868), eyeglass fittings (314 patients), green pharmacy, chronic patient care; medical lab tests (4,245); development of cooperatives with continued training in business management (18 participants for 2 week-long international trainings) and organic production and marketing (12 trainings), with access to a revolving loan fund and expansion of organic credits by 750%; increase of international volunteer participation (14 delegations<br />
for 1,520 nights); participating in rural infrastructure improvements including water catchment systems, 80 acres coffee replanting; organic cotton (345 acres), sesame, and coffee (29,000#) distribution in 36 container shipments, as well as honey & cashews; networking with other service providers, continued solar energy and biodiesel development; production of oranic by-products for cattle feed; stabilization of organic ginning mill.
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Reconciliation & Advocacy work
- Budget:
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$73,280
- Category:
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Human Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
In 2011: Hospitality (daily); transport to medical facilities (monthly); neighborhood resources community development (daily); liaison between US donors and Nicaraguan recipients (weekly); family counseling and domestic violence counseling (300 participants); participation in fair trade networks (on<br />
a weekly basis with 25 different organizations); microenterprise loans and projects (as needed); low-income housing assistance (monthly); cross-cultural volunteer placements; emergency relief including bi-weekly food provision for 18 families; elderly in-home outreach service (25 homes weekly).
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