Volunteer Perspective: A Week At La Mariposa
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…
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…
La Mariposa has possibly the most varied range of volunteer projects anywhere in Central America! Children’s reading projects, working with disabled children, including helping with hydro and equino therapy…
The orange line encloses the new land (called Las Conchitas) just purchased by La Mariposa. It is very close (as the crow flies anyway!!) to the existing Mariposa….just follow…
WANT TO CHOOSE A GOOD SPANISH SCHOOL??? It can be hard but applying the following criteria might just help…. Quality of the teaching ….the most intensive learning comes from…
Our new study centre is a pretty amazing place. It is built on a piece of land about 10 minutes from the original Mariposa, up on the ridge behind…
Our new group study centre is really coming along fast. The eating and meeting area which is built out of straw bales is absolutely amazing. There will several arch…
This will be a great place to take Spanish classes, study the history of Nicaragua or undertake voluntary work in one of the nearby Mariposa supported projects. Great photo…
This weekend saw the beginings of the construction on the new land. The idea is to create a centre for groups to come and study, both Nicaraguans and students…
The Reading Corner and the daycare in Santiago are going through a lot of changes at the moment. Last week, a team of workers including 3 local Nicaraguan guys,…