NICARAGUA & MARIPOSA UPDATE -Sad and Worried for the future
I imagine most of you are enjoying holiday festivities, however you spend them! Please take a moment out to read this and reflect on whether you can help us…
I imagine most of you are enjoying holiday festivities, however you spend them! Please take a moment out to read this and reflect on whether you can help us…
Although visitors have yet to return to NIcaragua in large numbers, many tourist hotspots, including the Masaya Volcano, Laguna de Apoyo and Granada (photo above) have reopened and the…
PERMACULTURE PROJECT AT LA MARIPOSA The word “permaculture” is often associated with organic farming. Of course this is a part of it – and an important part – but…
Please sign the petition asking the President of Nicaragua to protect protected areas; https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Presidente_de_Nicaragua_Daniel_Ortega_PROTECT_WHAT_IS_LEFT_OF_THE_INDIO_MAIZ_RAINFOREST_RESERVE/ Nicaragua has suffered another environmental disaster (and there have a been many – the…
Actualmente Tola está asociado con las playas más impresionantes del sur de Nicaragua, internacionalmente famosas por el surf. El huracán Nate golpeo fuerte y tuvimos una llamada de emergencia…
Hoy sábado 8 de octubre leí sobre el huracán Nate por primera vez. Ya entrando en la boca del rio Mississippi. Aquí en Centroamérica hemos estado sufriendo los efectos…
You can donate here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… OR if you are in the UK through http://www.sustainability-partners.org.uk/tierra.html (we get 25% Gift AId!) Today, Sunday 8th October, I read about Hurricane Nate for the first time….
written by Hannah Chinn, La Mariposa Intern On Monday afternoon, we have cooking class! We pile into the Mariposa van and drive to a spot on the outskirts of San…
Written by Nick Heise, La Mariposa Volunteer The community of San Juan in Nicaragua generally moves pretty slowly, but fortunately as a student at La Mariposa I am never…
Quick summary: Jader was born in 2013. He has always needed a tracheostomy but this is not freely available in Nicaragua, costing around $450. Jaders father sells ice cream — he…