Posted in Nicaragua News on Jun 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
Children at Verbo school plant seeds in
the green house during Cornerstone’s
mission to Bluefields in March 2008.
Children’s education is a major focus on Nicaragua Hope. Given our relationship with Verbo in Bluefields, we are constantly looking for ways to help them so kids and their families can break out of the cycle of generational poverty.
Another major [...]
Posted in Nicaragua News on Mar 25th, 2009 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Nicaragua News on Apr 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Nicaragua is blessed with an abundant forest resource which covers almost 43% of the country (according to Mongabay). But like any resource that has an economic value, it has been harvested over the years to help sustain the country’s economy. While environmental concerns are increasingly urgent, they are often put aside in developing countries where [...]