It’s not every day you experience one of those profound “aha!” moments - that special moment when a problem’s solution becomes crystal clear. Rarer still is one of those aha! moments where the solution is so perfect it makes you wonder why it wasn’t done sooner.
That was how I felt when I heard about Empowerment [...]

As if to commemorate Earth Day, World Community Bikes has packed 400 donated bicycles into a shipping container and is now heading down to Jinotepe, a town south-east of Managua. The bicycles are part of a program started by World Community Developments who is partnered with a non-profit organization in Nicaragua.
The bikes will be sold [...]

One of the amazing things about going back to Bluefields to visit Verbo year after year is that we get to see the changes over time. While changes in general have been slow and steady over the 4 years my church has been sending teams, one of the most dramatic changes has been the increase [...]

Aside from my family, there are two other things that I’m passionate about: helping the poor in Nicaragua, and photography (see here). Ever since my first trip to Nicaragua in 2007, I have been using my gift in photography to help raise awareness of the issues in the country. I have even toyed with [...]

On the same week, two friends of NicaraguaHope.org are appealing for support.
First is Empowerment International (http://www.empowermentinternational.org/) who had been mentoring children in troubled areas in Granada and other areas in Nicaragua. They give children the encouragement they so desperately need by giving them confidence building programmes in photography, sports, computers, and others. To date they [...]

On March 19, the Canadian government donated $400,000 USD to help Nicaragua demine its land after decades of war. As part of its commitment to the Ottawa Convention - the international treaty to ban landmines - Canada has donated $6 million to help Nicaragua remove antipersonnel mines since 1998.
While this recent announcement will help improve [...]

Flying into Augusto César Sandino International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto César Sandino), one can’t help but marvel at the rugged beauty of Lake Managua (Lago de Managua). This lake is Central America’s largest fresh water lake, but due to unfiltered and untreated waste from residents, businesses, and industry, this natural resource is toxic and unusable.
But [...]

BlogCritics Magazine recently ran an interesting interview with William Hart the director of the World Food Programme in Nicaragua. The World Food Programme is a UN initiative that helps alleviate the suffering caused by hunger and food supply problems worldwide.
In Nicaragua, the WFP is focused on feeding school children who often go to class without [...]

Due to an increase in life demands, I am looking for help from fellow missionaries who have traveled to Nicaragua and have a passion for helping others. I am seeking volunteer writers to help with articles on this site. As you may have noticed, I have not been able to keep up with Nicaragua Hope [...]

After watching last night’s prime time, half-hour advertisement (which you can see in its entirety on YouTube), presidential hopeful Barack Obama has inspired me to write this post about what the American elections mean to the developing nations of the world.
Much of last night’s address was aimed squarely at one issue: tackling America’s internal problems. [...]