Looking for Volunteers
We need people to help Oliver on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8am to noon.
We are expanding our work with children with special needs to include those who are unable to come to school. We've hired Oliver Mena to oversee this new development (You can find out more about Oliver on the Projects page of the NCF website). We are looking for people who would be willing to go out to these children's homes to pay them a visit.Your task will be to try to find out a little more about these children and what their needs are. You will need to be able to speak a little Spanish in order to do this. Volunteers are also needed to work in the office to help organize and collate this newly-collected information.
If you think you would be interested in participating in this very worthwhile project, please let us know as soon as possible at:
Phone: 604 926 5323 or 778-928-5323
Email: oolichan@shaw.ca
Alternatively, if you are in San Juan del Sur and would like to help, just show up at the SJDS Spanish School, located in the two-story turquoise building close to Pali.
We've reached our goal!
Thanks to everyone for your support. Just over a week ago, we took on the challenge of raising $4,000 from 50 unique donors in Global Giving's April 2012 Contest. We have now secured a position as permanent members of Global Giving. This will allow us to expand our base of supporters and to continue to fundraise online in an international setting. It wasn't easy, but with your help, we did it! Our very sincere thanks to everyone who participated.
Mona, Allan and Riley Donovan
Please check out the following two links. The first one is a short video of Riley, talking about our newest fundraising challenge. The second one is a link to the project.
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/incentives-for-education-in-southwestern-nicaragua/
Men at Work(MAW) 2012 are working to support the NCF!
Update! They did it!
Not only did they hit their target of raising $4000 for the NCF, they surpassed it! Congratulations to all of you for a job well done--we appreciate it! These guys are on their way to Nicaragua in just a few weeks. One of the things they'll be doing there is painting the preschool at Ojochal. We'll make sure to show you some before and after photos very soon!
Feel like you need to restore your faith in humanity?
Here's proof that just when you think you've seen it all, something new and amazing will come along to surprise you. A group of nine men from the Lower Mainland have stepped up to help us out. They've committed to raising $4000 for the Foundation. What's more, they will be going to Ojochal in April to see the school and do whatever work needs doing at that time. They've set up a web page on Canada Helps, which can be found at: http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=16901 Please support them in meeting their goal!
Join the Nicaragua Children's Foundation!
Please check out our newest page, Volunteer Stories, under About Us. We've just published a speech written by Aidan Mindorff, which we know will impress you! All of us at the NCF are very proud to have Aidan as a supporter!
The link below will take you to a beautifully-written account of a very recent trip to Nicaragua by our new friend, Joanne Kistruck. Joanne works with our partner, Benches & Blackboards. Their group was in Nicaragua to build a classroom for a small rural school in Quetzelguaque (see below) .We were amazed at how her description of her time in Nicaragua paralleled our own experiences in so many ways. Please read this!
http://bit.ly/w9hRbz
The Nicaragua Children's Foundation believes that:
- Every child has a right to an education and to the tools
that will enable him/her to learn. - Each one of us has the ability to make a positive
difference in the lives of others - We take direction from the community in which we work to create and support projects that are appropriate for the people in the area.
- We are accountable to our supporters; all donations go to providing help to children in Nicaragua.
Also, please check out our latest movie of our group trip, April, 2011!
http://youtu.be/UobVL9t0FUQ
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November, 2011: Update to the new classroom--the project is almost completed! Just waiting for a coat of paint...
...And here's the paint!
Chile painting the new classroom.
Children of Nicaragua with their mother, Ojochal, Nicaragua