The Tololamos Project was started in 2011 by Tyler St. Clare, a former Peace Corps Volunteer who had lived and worked in El Tololar, Nicaragua. The name is a derivation of the community name and the ‘we’ verb conjugation in Spanish. It is an expansion of an earlier effort by Tyler and Dr. Michael Chin, the Microloans for Community Health Program. Tololamos uses diverse approaches to promote sustainable paths out of poverty in and around the community of El Tololar, because it is the right thing to do, gosh darn it, and it’s also magnificently rewarding and fun. Meet our staff:
Adilsa Rivas
adilsa@tololamos.org
Adilsa works as a Project Manager for Tololamos, coordinating our scholarships and educational initiatives. She was previously the Director of the Rural Northeast School District, as well as a teacher and librarian in local primary schools. Adilsa has worked as a community leader and coordinator with the León-Zaragoza partnership, Peace Corps and several other NGOs.
Beto Juarez
alberto@tololamos.org
Alberto (Beto) Juarez works as Tololamos’ Community Coordinator, serving as a primary point of contact for schools, small businesses and residents. A well-known and highly-regarded resident of El Tololar, Beto runs his own photography and device repair business, Foto Video Juarez.
Wilmar Rivas
wilmar@tololamos.org
Wilmar Rivas runs Tololamos’ computer donation program, maintaining our donated computers and giving computation classes to laptop recipients. Wilmar has completed a certificate program in community development at UCA, and has worked in computer repair and project management.