What is the 13th month? Common throughout Central American, including Nicaragua, is a labor law requiring employers to pay an annual bonus of an extra month’s salary to each employee. Known as the 13th month, the amount is equal to the salary earned in November. It is due to the employees by December 5th. What does this...
Download Printed Version Here Chacocente Supporter Donates $25,000 for Matching Funds An anonymous donor has offered a gift of $25,000 to use as matching funds for donations made throughout the summer. "This is an incredible gift" says Board President Robyn Gage, “so hope our supporters will help us take advantage of it.” Most people are familiar with the matching...
Many of your favorite students from the Chacocente Christian School posed as tiny professionals to help us make this calendar for 2015. Called “Because of You, We Can Dream” the calendar shows the children as the professionals they can become, if only they get a solid education. A fundraiser for the school, the calendar is...
Dear Friends of Project Chacocente: Thank you so much for your continuing support of Project Chacocente! Your sponsorship is truly making a difference in the WHOLE life of your child, the families of Project Chacocente, and the families in the surrounding communities. GOOD NEWS! We reached our goal of $25,000 that was then matched by an anonymous...
Dear Friends of Project Chacocente: Thank you so much for your continuing support of Project Chacocente! Your sponsorship is truly making a difference in the WHOLE life of your child, the families of Project Chacocente, and the families in the surrounding communities. We are very excited to share the good work being done at Chacocente Christian School...
Dear Friends of Project Chacocente: Thank you so much for your continuing support of Project Chacocente! Your sponsorship is truly making a difference in the WHOLE life of your child, the families of Project Chacocente, and the families in the surrounding communities. One of our new teachers this school year is Wilder Abadd Hondoy Paladino who is...
Friends, chocolate and a very good cause – put them all together and you have “Chocolate for Chacocente”! Two Rochester, NY churches have been doing variations of this fundraiser for years. Chacocente supporters from Asbury First UMC gather at one another’s homes to melt dark, milk and white chocolate wafers, mold them into bunnies, chicks...
You may have heard the story of José Luis. He truly is one of the miracles of Project Chacocente. Living and scavenging in the Managua Dump, one day he came upon pieces of a computer among the trash heaps. He picked them up and took them to his “home”. His passion for computers began! Days...
Instead of "giving up" this Lent, how about "giving to" Chacocente? Place a glass on your table with the words Lenten Lunches on it. Put $1 in each of the 40 days of Lent. By Easter you will have saved enough to feed 80 lunches to a child at Chacocente Christian School! ...
Dear Friends of Project Chacocente: Thank you so much for your continuing support of Project Chacocente! Your sponsorship is truly making a difference in the WHOLE life of your child, the families of Project Chacocente, and the families in the surrounding communities. The new school year began in February with 153 students enrolled in pre-school through...