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Backhoes and Buttonholes

Backoes and Buttonholes. Teresa Chavaria can talk integlligently on both of these topics. I like her already. As a member of the Water Committee…

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Everybody has a story

We are all the sum of our own unique experiences. The good. The bad. The challenging. From the absolutely joyful to the truly troubling.…

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In Explore/ For the WELL of it/ International Development/ Nicaragua/ Water Wells
No ‘only’ about it.

Sometimes I want the long version of a story. And sometimes I am eager to just hear the highlights. Sometimes I am satisfied to…

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Just like Yalmar

– Click/Swipe through the gallery above for more pics – It is the big things that separate us. Miles. Circumstance. Opportunity. It is the little…

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Clinic days in Chinandega, Nicaragua

(Part 2 of 3. Part 1. Part 3.) Seeing the world just a little more clearly. Through the provision of simple reading glasses, parents leave…

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Volcano Challenge

(Part 1 of 3. Part 2. Part 3.) It is true what they say about stepping outside one’s comfort zone. This IS where the…

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Nicaragua’s highest

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A little breathing room

I recently ventured into Nicaragua’s Bosawas biosphere reserve. It is here in the remote rainforest that I witness the quiet simplicity of a subsistence…

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Agents of Change

In the mountains of Totogalpa, the sun beats down mercilessly. We visit the three-acre renewable energy centre operated, maintained, and proudly owned by Las…

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Abundance

We take a quick drive through the 35-house community of Virgen Vieja before pulling up next to the blue concrete block and above-ground network…

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