VISION

URHWI is recognized as an indigenous organization for dignity and justice that leads self-development processes of local organizations, strengthens the pride of their traditions and cultural wealth.

MISION

We promote the management and organization of Nicaraguan Miskito communities in the diaspora.

About us?

URHWI was born on the initiative of Reverend Melesio Peter, a Miskitu from the northern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. From a very young age he participated as an activist promoting the culture of the region, as well as denouncing injustices and discriminatory policies towards indigenous communities. During the forced displacement of thousands of Miskitus to other countries, Melesio Peter was one of the hundreds of young people who left their hometown behind at the early age of 15. From abroad, he chose a longer path, but no less effective in the fight for the emancipation of the rights of the communities of the Moskitia. Through education - initially with his ecclesiastical studies that allowed him to become the first Miskito priest, and later, as an anthropologist graduated from the doctoral program in Social Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, Melesio has used his training and ability to convene to influence the development and empowerment of the Miskito indigenous people in the diaspora through multiple projects...

PROJECTS

Assistance in immigration processes for Miskitos in the US

From 2021 to date, at least 200 migrant families in the United States of Florida and Texas have been supported with the following actions...

NEWS

On June 10, 2024, Miskito Graciela Peralta Williams, originally from the Dakban community in Nicaragua, passed away in Austin, Texas. She arrived as a migrant to the US in 2022, a widow, a seamstress by trade and mother of four children. The foundation raised funds to help with her repatriation. Dozens of supportive migrants managed, through this Foundation, to bring her remains to her family in Nicaragua.

Repatriation of the remains of Graciela Peralta

Certification as welders for Miskitos in Beaumont,Texas.

45 migrants from the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast were trained and received their welding certificate on August 23, 2024.

The course was coordinated between the URHWI Foundation and the Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas.

It lasted three months and the participation of the Miskitos was coordinated by Antonio Menn, member of the board of directors of the URHWI foundation.

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