Youth Council Leadership Training

There is an active youth council that meets on a weekly basis to address community concerns and provide youth in the community with opportunities–educationally, professionally, socially, emotionally, etc. Right now they are focusing on bi-monthly activities at the community center to create identity and unity with youth age kids in La Calle Real. As a

Current Events in Nicaragua

Even though the political situation in Nicaragua remains divisive, incidents  of protesters clashing with police has diminished. Most of the flareups and violence has occurred in the inner city of Managua. Transportation has greatly improved as the blockades on the main highways and in the cities have been removed. There are hopes that the dialogue

Business Start-Up Classes

This is a group that meets weekly for 12 weeks. Class which covers subjects regarding how to start or grow a small business. The weekly topics for this course include: How do I start or improve my business? What do people want to buy? How do I by my product and set the sales price?

Joint Venture Business Program

Program Updates: Joint ventures were started at the community center.  We have collaborated with various businesses in the community to give them storefront property along the highway in an attempt to help stimulate a place where more customers will be able to stop and be served. The businesses range from a small restaurant to a

Current Update on Nicaragua

Direct from Juan Carlos in the community of La Calle Real The police carried out cleaning operations in several cities of Nicaragua, while other municipalities in the country carried out marches against and in favor of the government. The department of Granada remains in complete calm this weekend, some neighborhoods still maintain their barricades in

Recent Trip Update

I wanted to update you on our recent travel to Nicaragua and the situation in LCR. As you probably already know, 24 of 26 volunteers canceled their trip to Nicaragua because of the unstable situation in Nicaragua. Denise and I were able to travel and, with some difficulty, we were able to finally get transportation