Christmas Culture in Nicaragua
Andrew Claassen is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Nicaragua.
As I was pulling on my socks before going to church last Sunday I heard a familiar sound: a small van with large speakers strapped to t...
Institutional Strengthening for Disasters and Emergencies
Derrick Charles is the co-representative of MCC Nicaragua. This post is part of our ongoing series on climate change and food security.
During the week of October 23-27, MCC Nicaragua had had the privileg...
Peacemaking through Connecting Peoples
Andrew Claassen is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Nicaragua.
As I work with young people from around the world while they navigate life here in Nicaragua, I am primarily focused on things runnin...
Lessons in Tortilla Making from Nicaragua
Steve Gisel is MCC Nicaragua's agricultural coordinator. This article is part of our ongoing series on food security and climate change.
Corn and beans are staple foods here in Nicaragua. I don’t believe tha...
A Year in Nicaragua
Laura Miller is from Arlington, Kansas and is serving with MCC's SALT program in Nicaragua. In the photo, Laura is pictured with Reyna Lumbí, the administrator for CINAFE. Photo by Jonathan Charles.
Today,...
What’s to Celebrate this Earth Day?
Stephanie McDonald is a senior policy advisor at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The Foodgrains Bank helps farmers in the developing world adapt to climate change through its Climate Fund. Go to http://foodgrains...
Lessons from the Library
Kimleng Chong is a YAMENer from Cambodia serving in Nicaragua with a project called “Generating Life” or in Spanish “Generando Vida”. The project works to improve the standard of living in a poor neighborhood b...
Dear Child, Yet Within the Womb
Derrick Charles and Rebekah Good Charles are the representatives for MCC Nicaragua. They are from the United States and are expecting the birth of their third child, in Nicaragua. Derrick wrote this song for th...
The Way is Peace
Andrew Claassen in the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC Nicaragua.
On July 19, 1979, Nicaraguans awoke to triumph. Having fled the country two days earlier, Anastasio Somoza, the last of a US backed d...
Climate Change and Migration: Nicaragua
Derrick Charles is the co-representative of MCC Nicaragua. This post is part of our ongoing series on migration.
“The guy who lives there is in the United States. The one over there is in the United States...