by Adam Rosendale | Feb 24, 2022 | Homes For Good, Program Pieces
It is easy to recognize the severe shortage of adequate housing in rural Nicaragua. Makeshift roofs of salvaged plastic tarps cover dirt floors. Bathrooms consist of holes in the ground and showers are often taken in the open air with a bucket of water. In 2014, a...
by Adam Rosendale | Feb 24, 2022 | Homes For Good, Program Pieces
Yarisleidy Cortez working with community mason, Guadalupe Gadea Yarisleidy Cortez is our Director of Community Development and spends a lot of time in Los Robles, Nicaragua (pop. 2,100). When we started building homes, the interest and demand from the community of...
by Adam Rosendale | Feb 11, 2022 | Program Pieces
Community Health During the 1980s, Nicaraguan communities were populated by women, children, and the elderly while able-bodied males were off fighting a civil war. It was not uncommon for some particularly dedicated women to form groups of Brigadistas to care for the...
by Adam Rosendale | Feb 3, 2022 | People
Brandon and Vories Pittman Brandon Pittman has been supporting Comunidad Connect for over a decade with his time, resources, and heart. A trip to Finca El Peten in 2010 with his sons and father, Vories, led to meeting Jon Thompson, sparking a lifelong friendship....
by Adam Rosendale | Jan 28, 2022 | Program Pieces
Since 2007, many talented photographers have joined us abroad through our Cultural Connections program. Here are some of our favorites. If you don’t see your photos or have more to share, please send them to us! Explore Cultural...
