by Adam Rosendale | Mar 1, 2022 | Homes For Good, Program Pieces
We have met incredible people through the Homes For Good program who have persisted and overcome insurmountable challenges in their lives. Here are some of their stories: https://archive.comunidadconnect.org/2021/09/15/homes-for-good-yorlin-osorio/...
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 admin | Feb 22, 2022 | People, Program Pieces
The brigadistas are a group of volunteers who selflessly give their time and energy to promote health initiatives among the 10 sectors of Los Robles. Over the years we have introduced and spotlighted several of these community leaders. See below for a collection of...
by Jon Thompson | Feb 14, 2022 | Health / NCHC, Program Pieces, Programs
The Los Robles clinic is a primary care center that conducts over 3,000 consultations a year. 95% of the patients are women and children seeking assistance with common ailments like diarrhea and upper respiratory infections, as well as pre-and post-natal checkups by...
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...
