Buy a water filter for a Nicaraguan family—simple, easy way to save a life:
byMy compañero (and fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) Rodney McDonald would like to tell you about a worthy campaign in northern Nicaragua, administered by…
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Radio interview with Silvio Sirias, a Nica author living in Panama who writes novels in English about Nicaragua
bySilvio Sirias‘s first novel, Bernardo and the Virgin (Northwestern University Press, 2007), takes the reader on a phenomenal journey to the village of Cuapa…
¡Que Viva Nicarado! Boulder-Jalapa Nicaragua Sister City Friendship Project Event this Friday November 13, 2009 at Namaste Solar!
byWHERE: Namaste Solar, 4571 N. Broadway WHEN: Friday November 13th WHAT: Boulder/Jalapa, Nicaragua Sister City “Art in Action” slide presentation by Travis Ramos who will recount his…
Raise awareness about Nicaraguan children living in landfill by Kickstarting photographer’s project
byIn the summer of 2009, I crossed paths with Jon Goering, a documentary photographer based in Lawrence, Kansas. We were each researching projects in…
Powerful photo essays on success of rotavirus vaccine in Nicaragua
byCheck out these two photo essays by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Brent Stirton: “Tracing One Rotavirus Vaccine’s Winding Path Through Nicaragua” and “Protecting Children From…
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Living Proof in Nicaragua: Success story of a vaccine [VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW]
by“Rotavirus kills 2 million children per year worldwide. Its impact hit Nicaraguan children hard. But in 2006, a vaccine came to the villages. And…
Children of the Chinandega dump in northwestern Nicaragua, images by photojournalist Jon Goering
byWhile working/traveling in Nicaragua last July, I was fortunate to cross paths with a few professional photojournalists in their element. It was a learning…
Happy Birthday Nicaragua (and Central America too)!
byFelicidades, Nicaragua! 188 years of independence — I can almost hear the marching bands and fireworks from all the way in Colorado. Our friends…
NicaTimes: “Tourism Grows Despite Worldwide Slump”
byNicole Rogers, in her article, “Tourism Grows Despite Worldwide Slump” in the NicaTimes, reports, “In the first five months of 2009, tourism in Nicaragua…
A week in Chinandega—many surprises
byAfter 11 years of living and traveling in Nicaragua, I finally pushed northwest of the city of Chinandega, onto the stunning, sun-baked Cosigüina Peninsula…