This year Nicaragua was proud to send five competitors to the Olympic Games in Rio, competing in four sports: swimming, weightlifting, shooting, and athletics. It takes a true athlete to qualify for the Olympics, so though no medals were brought home, our Olympic stars are champions in our eyes! As I watched the Olympic Games… Read More →
What is International Education?
As the International Education Coordinator for Sister Communities of San Ramón, Nicaragua (SCSRN), I am happy to share with you how we at SCSRN understand what international education is. As more and more people are exploring the world through our cultural immersion ecotours and international educational trips, we wanted to share what we aspire to… Read More →
Let’s reach the United Nations goals together in San Ramón!
On September 25, 2015, the United Nations officially adopted the 17 Sustainable Development goals for 2030. These new goals include “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere; ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning; and bolstering affordable and clean energy” (see here). How do we at Sister Communities of San Ramón,… Read More →
High School Student Inspired by Her Spring Break Trip
This past spring break, I had the amazing opportunity to go on a school trip with SCSRN. It was an extremely fun and rewarding experience. I loved how we did a nice mixture of touristy activities and community service. For example, we visited a cathedral, went to museums, and spent time at the eco-lodge “Finca… Read More →
San Ramón High School Gets Wired
It’s only May, and here in San Ramón, we’ve already made lots of advances in our current and upcoming projects. We’ve delivered school supplies to our Sister Schools, followed up on the solar panels installed in two rural schools, started preparing for our upcoming construction project in Wabule, and started sign classes for deaf children… Read More →
Break Bread (or Tortillas) with Your Family in San Ramón this Thanksgiving
Please join us this November 21-28th on our 2015 Thanksgiving Family Ecotour! Sister Communities of San Ramón, Nicaragua is working with trip organizer, Maggie Underberg, to create an unforgettable experience for families of adventurers! Activities you and your children will enjoy include hiking, making corn tortillas and Nacatamales (native dish), observing native weavers, and visiting… Read More →
Join Us At Our Celebration for Children
Purchase Tickets to our April 29, Celebration for Children event. Adults $20. Students $10
Teacher & Trip Organizer tells about her SCSRN experience over the last decades
When Lonna Harkarder asked me to consider organizing a group to visit San Ramón back in 2002, I was really not sure what to expect. While my students and I had been supporting SCSRN’s work for several years, none of us had any first-hand experience with Nicaragua. However, I had total faith in Lonna when… Read More →
A Glimpse of a Casa Huesped
For 15 years, SCSRN has been working with the Casas Huesped, which is a group of seven families in San Ramón who open their homes to receive international visitors. The Casas Huesped (which means “guesthouses” in Spanish) were initially formed to provide a cultural immersion experience to our visitors. Now, after more than 15 years… Read More →
North South Connections
One of the perks of my Executive Director job is that I get to travel to Durham, North Carolina twice a year to meet with the Board of Directors. I took my first trip this past December and got to meet all of the Board members face-to-face for the first time. This was a great… Read More →
Greetings from Nicaragua
Welcome to Sister Communities of San Ramón’s first-ever blog (and, incidentally, my first-ever blog entry)! The idea for this blog emerged from our need to have greater communication with our contributors in the States about what’s going on in San Ramón. That’s why we’ve decided to use this outlet to give updates on our projects,… Read More →
Welcome to Sister Communities’ Blog!
Much of our writing will be from Anjie our in-country Executive Director. She’ll provide in-depth descriptions about what’s happening in San Ramón. Anjie will share her perspective and stories about the people of San Ramón and how we can best work in partnership. Meanwhile, what we can do best from the US is to help… Read More →