The face of the quarry - Bluefields, Nicaragua
Mar 22nd, 2007 by Jon
Earning a living in Bluefields, Nicaragua can be difficult. What some families have done is live and work inside the rock quarry. The rock quarry, located around the corner from the Verbo Church, is home to dozens of people including young children and babies. These people make their living by digging up large volcanic rocks from the earth and break them into smaller rocks so they can be sold as construction material.
Each rock pile represents a day’s worth of work for an entire family and is worth only a few Cordobas (1 Nicaraguan Cordoba = $0.055 US dollars).
As harsh as this sounds, these people are making a living and earning a wage. Many other people of Bluefields are not so lucky.
While on my Mission here, I was blessed to spend some time with these people and be a witness. Now I’m back in Toronto where I hope to raise awareness to the situation in this small corner of Nicaragua. The sad part is Bluefields is not the worst of Nicaragua. There are regions far worse that need aid too, but where does the help start?
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March 26th, 2007 at 10:29 am
[...] On the 4th day of our Mission in Bluefields, we had the opportunity to go to the Rock Quarry (for more information about the Quarry, see this post I wrote earlier). [...]
May 5th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Jon, I just want to say that this website is awesome. It really is well done and an nice mix of your experiences and other peoples. I hope it grows and and grow so that others find it and Nicaragua. I am doing my part to try to promote it!
Cheers,
k