Education & food for 200 children in Nicaragua

Thanks to donations to this project and money raised through the inaugural Phoenix Nicaragua Volcano challenge held in May 2011 We have recently implemented an addition to our daily food schemes in La Thompson and Chiriza, Nicaragua. Each Friday the children are now receiving chicken as a supplement to the fruit, rice and beans they normally receive each day.

This translates to much needed protein leading into the weekend when school is not in session and the kids may not eat. To say the children look forward to Friday Art day to include a meal with chicken would be an understatement. Nicaragua's second volcano challenge of the year will be in November, so we can sustain these important programs for the children in our schools and add new ones!

With much of the infrastructure and construction attention being placed on our new project in Chiriza, Karla, a local staff member of GVI, suggested we concentrate on repairing portions of the school and school grounds in the community of La Thompson. Because of the financial support from past volunteers and donors who have heard about the project, we were able to complete a wonderful revamp of La Thompson to include: completed fence around the school, fencing around garden plots, a new wood wall to replace the broken down plastic wall to our outdoor classrooms and wood reinforcement of the door to the school kitchen. GVI staff, volunteers and the children are very happy with these improvements!