Report for the third week of May, 2019 On the 21st of May, Nohemi Tellez Reyes read to 9 kids in Carreros and on the 24th she read to 13 kids in Tolapita and 5 kids in Rinconada. The most popular books were The Three Little Pigs and Franklin Goes to Class. Most commonly, kids
Our entrepreneurs in LCR are doing great work and we wanted to let you know about the progress they are making. William’s business is going well with approximately 5 to 6 events per month. Jose Maria is killing a pig per week and making between 2500 and 3000 Cordobas ($76-$91 US). He normally sells in
The purpose of this new program is to give the participating students an opportunity to take certified English classes at Leon’s “Alianza Americana.” The participants are required to attend all classes in the Community Center and to take a proficiency test, after which, if they are successful, they will be given a scholarship to attend
The community council members developed a list of 5 small projects in different sectors of the community. In the next meeting they will decide which one of these projects is most important to be done. The funding for the realization of the selected project will be provided by WCRF.
The political and social situations of Nicaragua are stable. We can see that more tourists are coming to visit us, which means more income for many economic sectors in the country. Even though the opposition tries to destabilize the situation, violence is avoided, signifying that, in general, the people want just to work and live
We are now covering, under the Library and Literacy Program, three sectors in the Community, and the Secondary School. We are working on arrangements to open a another new reading station in another sector. So far the covered sectors are Las Carrero, Tolapita, and La Rinconada.
Local Bright Water associates will be passing out three hundred 2019 calendars to those households that have been educated and continue to incorporate clean water practices. The calendars have the Bright Water and WCRF logos side-by-side. This project was started and directed by Jim Stark nearly 3 years ago. The project has proven to lower
Thanks to Irv Scott and several senior baseball players who just completed a goodwill baseball trip to Nicaragua, 20 new Apple iPads will be donated to the new computer literacy program in La Calle Real. Through Irv and his connections he was able to provide the funding to help initiate an opportunity for young people
The political situation in Nicaragua is coming slowly but steadily to normality. The government is negotiating with the opposition in order to avoid violence. For tourists the country is again becoming an interesting and safe place to visit. This is evident in that our Baseball Tour took place in complete safety.
Library Activity in the Community Reading Sessions The Literacy and Library program has had an increase in the number of kids taking part in the reading sessions which are now held in 4 sectors of the community (we were working in three sectors, now we have included Sector Las Carrero). Our goal is to be