Project Nicaragua is making great progress! The goal of the project is to initiate a series of sustainable projects that will improve the lives of the farming community of Siuna, Nicaragua, while developing long-lasting relationships. These initiatives include: bringing filters to provide clean drinking water for the citizens, an art initiative for the children, and a cacao cooperative to help the local farms become fair trade certified while simultaneously promoting environmental education classes. So far, the project members have raised over $10,000 towards their initiatives through fundraising, grants, and several generous donations.

     The next step for the project is to purchase plane tickets to Nicaragua this month- which may cost up to $7,000. The project is still in need of funding and all contributions, big or small, are welcome. For more information please contact the project leaders Angel Gonzalez- adgonzal@andrew.cmu.edu and Marlen Amaro- amaro@cmu.edu.  Project Nicaragua will be launching a website in the coming weeks.