February 2022
Nicaragua goes back to school Feb. 1
Students line up on the first day of the new school year to enter the secondary school at Rincon de Garcia, the Instituto Jose Dolores Estrada, greeted by the director of the South Villanueva [...]
November 2021
La Caretta students receive mid-morning snacks
Children at the La Carreta elementary school enjoying the fruit of the season, oranges. This school has just started participating in our program of sending money monthly for the teachers to purchase local fruits [...]
September 2021
El Platanal School Snack
The children of El Platanal School in the Villanueva Municipality are enjoying their first taste of cantaloupe as a mid-morning snack. Somos Ohana Nicaragua continues to provide money for the teachers to purchase local [...]
July 2021
New bikes to incoming students
Sixteen incoming 7th graders to the secondary school at Rincon de Garcia received their new bikes recently. They and a parent signed an agreement to attend school and keep up their grades. Each new [...]
Beautification projects at Rincón school
Showing what the enthusiasm of the students and teachers can do at Instituto Jose Dolores Estrada in Rincón de Garcia, here are some photos of the exterior of the original wing, after re-painting and [...]
Renovations at Rincon de Garcia secondary school
On June 15, 2021, we sent the first payment for re-habilitating 3 classrooms of a secondary school in Rincon de Garcia. That school was built in 2008-09 with "sweat equity" from the parents, teachers, [...]