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Creating global partnerships, combating poverty, nurturing sustainable community... 

March 8, 2014

 
Help Fulfill Dreams

We are working on replacing the engine in the tractor for our Tractor Share program in Chacraseca. We will be raising $2000! Click on the button below to be a part!

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What's Needed in Nicaragua



More then 25 people in Chacraseca need a 
wheelchair right now!

Please contact us if you can help!

   Join One of our Study Aboard/ Service-Learning Groups!

 

May 17-24

Tulsa Community College Dental Hygiene students to Santa Emilia, La Flor, & Chacraseca. 
Service-Learning projects.  

 

May 21-29

Tulsa Community College Nursing students to Santa Emilia, La Flor, & Chacraseca.   
Service-Learning projects

July 20-27
Medical students embark on a Service-Learning trip with Medicos in Solidarity to Chacraseca. 

 

Click here for more information on any of these trips. 

Click here to read some reflections of our travelers.

 

Faith-Based PartnerTrips
Join Any of the Following!
 
March 9-16
Ktizo UCC, Phoenix, AZ to LaFlor, Nicaragua. 
Repairing Homes
 
March 22-29
St Andrews Lutheran Campus Church to Santa Emilia, Nicaragua.  
Building latrines
 
April 1-8
Southeast Illinois Presbytery 
to LaFlor, Nicaragua
Building Homes 
 
We can customize a PartnerTrip for your group! Email us!

 
It's quite a process getting donated wheelchairs from the U.S. to
Nicaragua! But our wonderful partners and trip participants are good sports about it...



One participant shared his thoughts on a wheelchair delivery in December- Driving out into the countryside in the back of a pickup truck, dust flying everywhere, it seemed like we were in another world. We were heading out to meet a family in their home and to give their son a wheelchair. This was about all of the information I was aware of when we headed out. 
 
We arrived after our our-long trek at a small house, shrouded in trees and various colorful flowers. We unpacked the wheelchair and were greeted by the mother and father of the family. The look in their eyes as they welcomed us into their home was one of so much gratitude; you could tell just how much it meant to them that we had come to visit. We were ushered into a room where their son was laid up in a hammock-type cot, his debilitating condition leaving him unable to talk or move himself to any great extent. A group of our guys proceeded to lift the son up and into the wheelchair. The atmosphere was quiet, almost spiritual. We adjusted the wheelchair for fit and the mother and father took turns pushing their son around their yard, smiles filling their faces. They had not been able to take him outside under the trees and sun for several years. It was truly a magical moment for all of us.
 
The thing that made this experience just that much more moving- Nicaragua is not a place where a wheelchair is affordable or accessible for just anyone. The country is the second poorest in the Western hemisphere and people exist very close to the edge of life. The fact, then, that we would bring a wheelchair from the U.S., through customs, by truck, out to this countryside home- a very reasonable and simple task for us in the grand scheme of things- meant the world to this family. Being able to make such an impact on the life of this family through such a simple act will have lasting influence on my life. 
 
 
We are working on getting at least 25 more wheelchairs right now! Please contact us if you can help!
 
 
"Be a Sustaining Partner" 
We can do far more together than any of us can do alone!
 
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As little as $10 each month can make a huge difference in JustHope's work- creating global partnerships, combating poverty, and nurturing sustainable community. 
Your monthly donation is a guarantee of regular and predictable funds, which allows us to plan ahead effectively and commit to the long-term with our partners in Nicaragua. 
 
You can sign up by clicking here and using the "Subscribe" button OR email us and we'll be happy to set it up for you.
JustHope is a 501c3 organization dedicated to creating global partnerships, combating extreme poverty, and nurturing sustainable community.   
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 Leslie Penrose, Director                                                                                            leslie@justhope.org
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