by Adam Rosendale | May 3, 2020 | Current Events and News, Nicaragua Now
Perhaps more evident now than ever before, home is where the heart is. Yet for families in rural Nicaragua, adequate shelter is often beyond their means. We are raising $7,500 over the next three weeks to build three houses in Los Robles, Nicaragua. Doing so creates...
by Jon Thompson | Mar 30, 2020 | Nicaragua Now, The Connection Podcast
Yarisleidy provides updates on the current state of affairs in Nicaragua in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The government has yet to implement strict stay-at-home orders. However, Nicaraguan citizens, private businesses and nonprofits are taking actions...
by Adam Rosendale | Mar 18, 2020 | Health / NCHC, Nicaragua Now
We are pleased to announce that the article “Conducting a health education needs assessment in rural Nicaragua” has been published in Health Education Journal. It represents the research conducted by Johnathan Steppe, Barbara Blake, Amanda Dyal, Theresa Bailey,...
by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Health / NCHC, Nicaragua Now
During Comunidad Connect’s 5th Annual Health Summit held in Nicaragua February 1-8, 2020, Dr. Jason DeCaro presented data and analysis from Kohl Dothage, a graduate student from the University of Alabama. In 2019, she re-interviewed and measured 41 of the 250 women...
by Enma Gutiérrez | Mar 12, 2020 | Health / NCHC, Nicaragua Now, Programs
Thanks to our generous community, Meyling and several other patients of the Together for Health program are able to make frequent visits to hospitals in Managua. Support Health Programs Meyling was born without complications at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016....
by Mathew Mendonca | Mar 10, 2020 | Health / NCHC, Nicaragua Now
Let us organize hopes… Possibilities that can’t be dreamed by computers. -(Cardenal, Ernesto 1983; 213, 215 Antologia) Los Robles, Nicaragua February 6, 2020. In the open air meeting area of the local clinic, a group of community health...