October 2019 – Newsletter
October 17, 2019
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15 October 2018 Dear Friends of Project Chacocente, Warm greetings to all of you. The streets of Nicaragua are now largely quiet, though it is an uneasy peace by most accounts. The government of President Ortega remains firmly in control. Our students and teachers are back full-time, engaged in ourone mission – Education - and they are...
August 4, 2018 Dear Friends of Project Chacocente, We continue to follow the unrest in Nicaragua through media reports, email exchanges and social media posts of Nicaraguan and North American friends who are there, and frequent Skype conversations and text messaging with Omar Hernandez, our Project Director and Representative in Nicaragua, whom many of you know. The situation...
A LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENTS Dear Project Chacocente supporters, Nicaragua remains in the throes of violent unrest that has brought the nation to a standstill. Initially spawned by the Ortega government’s April 17th announcement of increased social security costs and reduced benefits, student-led protests continued even after the proposed changes were rescinded days later, owing to...
A Letter from the Co-Presidents of Project Chacocente 14 May 2018 Dear Friends of Project Chacocente, As you probably know, in the last few weeks there has been political and social unrest in Nicaragua, and even violence with loss of lives. The trigger was the announcement on April 17 of a government-mandated change in the Nicaraguan social security...
[DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE VERSION] Happy Smiles for Project Chacocente [caption id="attachment_4082" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Belinda Forbes with Patient[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4081" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Forbes in Chacocente Classroom[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4083" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Lizzett Cortez (L) and Dr. Belinda Forbes (R)[/caption] Dental health problems are universal in communities in Nicaragua. Thanks to Valencia UMC in California and Dr. Belinda Forbes, a full...
DONORS PLEDGE $20,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS TO SUPPORT EARLY EDUCATION Two very generous supporters have pledged $20,000 in matching funds to support our early education program. This is not a dollar for dollar match – it’s much more! Every dollar you donate will be matched three to one. We are grateful and hopeful that we can...