by Yarrow | Feb 8, 2018 | Blog, Domestic Violence Network of Rio Blanco
Rice production is to begin in 2018, The Women’s Agricultural Production Cooperative of Rio Blanco has developed a business plan to create economic empowerment for the cooperative with a new rice processing facility. This facility will guarantee employment for...
by Yarrow | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, News from the Executive Director
ProNica Executive Director Yarrow Ries and Administrative Assistant Maxwell Zinsmeister visited Nicaragua in May of last year to distribute 2017 earmarked donations for ProNica’s partner organizations. During the visit to Casa Materna in Matagalpa it was learned that...
by Yarrow | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Delegations
Nicas Touch the Heart There are many things that are changing in Nicaragua but one thing seems to always stay the same: Nicaraguans touch the heart. This was very true for The Bonner scholar students from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) this January 2017. From the...
by Editor | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Delegations
Over the past year, I worked alongside ProNica, volunteering for Fundacion Somos Asi Por La Paz Y La Vida (We are Here for Peace and Life), a holistic health organization created to train health promoters in basic skills to save lives in their rural communities. As a...
by Editor | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog, Delegations
When I signed up for the trip to Nicaragua as a high school student at Moorestown Friends School, I knew little about the country or ProNica. Through prerequisitory meetings, the goal of ProNica was made clear: we were going to Nicaragua to learn about the culture and...
by Bambi Griffin | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Los Quinchos
On June 18th in the small mountain community of San Marcos, Nicaragua, Los Quinchos held its 26th Anniversary celebration. It started at 9AM with visitors arriving to La Finca (The Farm), which was the very first Quinchos home. La Finca is always a lively place with...