WF Nicaragua Travel

Today we began working with Nica HOPE, an organization that operates near the city dump in Managua. We visited two of the schools they work with, and got an idea of what their feeding program is like. They encourage kids to attend school, and the free, fulfilling lunch is one incentive for them to go. Another thing that Nica HOPE does is to help kids make and sell jewelry. It’s a little pricier than other jewelry we’ve found here, but the quality is better and it’s a good system for them to make some money. We found out about all the projects we’ll be doing this week, including teaching hand washing and putting posters up, buying and installing dry erase boards in the classrooms, patching up a concrete wall, and helping with the jewelry and feeding programs. It should be a great weekand we are all excited to start working!