Finca Esperanza Verde is an eco-lodge and organic coffee farm located in the mountains of the municipality of San Ram贸n, Nicaragua. FEV is an eco-tourism destination created by SCSRN and aimed towards environmental preservation, 聽cultural education and enrichment and economic stimulation.
FINCA ESPERANZA VERDE ECOLODGE
Maternal Health Center
Meet Tiodora del Carmen, 24 years old, and resident of a small rural community called San Marco.
Tiodora is staying at the Casa Materna for the next few weeks while she awaits the birth of her fourth child, a boy she thinks.聽 She traveled a little over an hour by ambulance to get to the Casa Materna in San Ram贸n where she is very grateful for the hot meals and prenatal care she recieves daily.聽 Her oldest son is 6 years old and she says that is the hardest part of coming to the Casa Materna, that she probably won’t have her other kids around when the baby is born.
Sharon
Finding and understanding the Sister Communities of San Ram贸n project is a total dream come true for Carmen and me. We thought that being able to give to the “Heifer Society” or Unicef was great but with San Ram贸n it is so totally “grass roots”, so practical, so immediate and the budget is so transparent that we have seen first hand all the basic needs being met with moneys donated. The thing that we are most in complete agreement with is that this program is not a聽 “hand out” style of charitable giving and therefore we experienced no begging while in San Ram贸n. Instead this program creates opportunities for basic needs to be met equally one school room at a time, one disabled children鈥檚 clinic at a time, one clean safe water system at a time, and on and on. I have so much more that I could say and if anyone has any questions Carmen and I would like to share what we鈥檝e seen with others who want to know more.
– Sharon Graffagnino
November 2008
Thanksgiving Ecotour for Parents and their middle and high school aged children.
