Education Issues on the Caribbean Coast
I was fortunate enough to visit some of the local communities along with a couple of project delegates who were wrapping up a three-year education program aimed at the... Read more
I was fortunate enough to visit some of the local communities along with a couple of project delegates who were wrapping up a three-year education program aimed at the... Read more
October 7, 2013 What started off as a meeting to discuss the high electricity rates on the Coast of Nicaragua ended in a call for manifestation. The Communal Board... Read more
No, this isn’t a blog post about the popular game show currently being hosted by comedian Steve Harvey. Rather, it is about the realities of living in a community... Read more
I promised I would do a blog post about some of the words and language commonly used in and around Pearl Lagoon. Here it is. The language here on the... Read more
A local Chambaman called Dellan, carries two 25 lb. sacks of rice and flour and a gallon of oil on his head. Note: He is drunk! I’ll do a... Read more
I have been living in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua for two months now. I have been paying attention to most things around me mostly because they are starkly different from... Read more
It was my friend Klodyne who convinced me to join Facebook. I had protested that I didn’t have time to figure it out and even that I just wasn’t... Read more
Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua is an interesting community. When I was here last year, very few had running water, only wells, and the street light stopped just shy of downtown,... Read more
This past weekend I had the honour of taking in a Ladies Softball Tournament in Haulover, Nicaragua. There were teams from the nearby communities including Brown Bank, Little Island,... Read more
I was shocked and disgusted by a 16-year-olds comment against gay men a few days ago. I won’t repeat the comment but the gist of it was the graphic... Read more