For many consumers, calling cards are both convenient, cheap, and enables us to keep in touch with friends and family far away. However, a card that offers a decent rate, little or no fees, or even one that works is increasingly difficult to find.
In an article published a few days ago, MSNBC reporter Herb [...]

It almost seems like a statement to the obvious, but the OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) released a new report today concluding that “The gap between rich and poor has grown in more than three-quarters of OECD countries over the past two decades”. In Canada, not only has the gap between the [...]

Sadly today is the last day Ed and Ligia will be in Toronto. While we have enjoyed their company and learned a great deal from them, we know they are eager to get back to Bluefields to continue their important work there.
We are grateful they have been able to spend so much time with using [...]

It seems that the tropical storm season is far from over as a tropical depression has accounted for at least 1 death in Leon (Pacific coast, Nicaragua) and the evacuation of 2000.
Rain has been pounding Nicaragua and Costa Rica in recent days burying cars in mudslides and causing dangerous flood waters.
In recent years, hurricanes have [...]

It was like disappearing behind the dark side of the moon — we had no idea if Pastor Ed and Ligia Jaentschke had made it onto the plane from Nicaragua, nor did we know if they even left Bluefields!
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Aside from two little girls we know being the poster children on the website, Verbo is now on the OrphaNetwork.
This page describes what we know as “The Feeding Program” run by Meyda and Verbo. The figures are interesting as it gives some insight into how much it costs to run the program and some [...]

In March 2007 our team from Cornerstone visited the prison in Bluefields, Nicaragua. We administered to the inmates - provided an eye glasses clinic for some the men, and care packages to the few women. The impression the team had was that the prison was hot and very crowded (even though we were conducting ourselves [...]

Nicaragua’s sign language has become the interest of researchers at the Wesleyan University in Connecticut. What make’s Nicaragua’s signing so interesting from the rest is that it is a new language developed over the past 30 years. This provides a rare opportunity for academics to study the development, acquisition, and adaptation of a language on [...]

I am very careful about the news I report here on Nicaragua Hope. I report mostly on social and economical issues in Nicaragua, and carefully avoiding political articles and commentary. However, this article published today at Tico Times reports how the Nicaraguan government, under President Daniel Ortega, has begun to put pressure on NGOs and [...]

Canadian artist Susan Norman would not be the first artist to venture into the infamous garbage dump La Chureca in Managua. Like artists before her she strives to find meaning, understanding, and perhaps even beauty amoung the human suffering and desperation.
Sample artwork, “Last Word” by Susan Norman.
Her artwork, done in textiles, photos, and layered imprints [...]