Silvia Traña, new
Commission member

The Chacocente Sister City Commission is a group of villagers representing the communities working with the SCP. Organized by Peter Smith before he left Nicaragua in 2003, the Commission is the body that decides on the projects to be accomplished each year, makes a budget proposal, and sees that the projects are carried out in their villages. It includes two representatives from each village and the mayor of Santa Teresa. Our facilitators are advisors, but not voting members.

New Commission elections, facilitated by Marlon and Alma, were held in January in special village assemblies in El Papalon, La Poma, and Escalante. Although all the former Commission members ran for election, most of them were defeated by new candidates. We encouraged women to run as well as men, and now there are two women on the Commission, Silvia Traña from El Papalon and Alba Luz Selva from La Poma.

A light moment at a Commission meeting.