Sponsor A Student In Nicaragua
I’ve been helping an fellow I was friends with a LONG time ago — James Johnson — with a project he’s been supporting in Nicaragua. It seems that a retiring schoolteacher from Connecticut, Louise Brunberg, was travelling in Nicaragua in the early 90’s, and she was appalled by the poverty and terrible educational conditions for some children in a town called Nagarote. So, out of her own retirement income, Louise began building and funding a school and a hot lunch for some of the kids.
In the past 17 years, they have raised enough to attract and train Montessori-method teachers; get a rickety old school bus to pick up / drop off the kids; build a rudimentary building for 200 students, and create a 501(c)(3) organization to help defray the costs of the program. Get more information from their website.
The entire operation can run on $50,000 per year, but it is still heavily reliant on Louise. We have attracted many small donors since launching the tax-deductible contributions last year — but we need more people willing to “Sponsor” a student to the tune of $25/month (or more). I have decided to do this — to help one kid in the third world have a small chance to escape the grim povery and limitations of his circumstances. Regardless of your other commitments, please consider doing this, too. Just click here to sponsor a student of your own or visit the school’s website to learn more. You’ll get a letter like this one:
