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 Editor | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog, Delegations
I have always been a watcher, a silent observer who studies people and places. However, when I took part in The College of New Jersey WILL (Women in Learning and Leadership) delegation in June, I knew being silent would not suffice. To simply observe the...
by Yarrow | Feb 1, 2015 | Blog, Delegations
Education for social change is meaningful and fun for Bryn Mawr/Haverford Delegates Out on the Quaker House patio with the beckoning sounds of Managua drifting in, Ramón and Ada of ProNica wrapped up sheets of paper and mysteriously taped them. It was the very first...
by Yarrow | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Delegations
~by Martha Morris, stateside volunteer Why lead delegation after delegation of college students or other visitors to Nicaragua? “In a nutshell”, explains ProNica stateside director Melissa Ajabshir, “rather than a model of bringing people from the global north to...