Nicaragua Scholarship Program
I Total Scholarships
funds raised to date:
$17,233
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was January 2003 and I was working with a short-term team about 8 hours outside
of Managua. One of those remote rural towns where most of us stayed in homes
with dirt 
floors and showers
that were in the backyards. I remember telling some of the team members about
the struggle that many families face throughout Nicaragua in being able to
afford the costs of education. For many families it is the basic cost of buying
a backpack with notebooks, pencils, eraser, scissors and the required uniform
(blue pants or skirt and white shirt) and shoes. For other families, who have
access to Christian schools and really want to give their kids a better education
than that often found in the public schools, is it affording the monthly cost
of tuition which can range from $2 - $15.
One of the team members returned home and told some friends about this situation. They decided to do something about it. So as a church they raised over $5000 and that was how this program began.
