First Steps to Cultural Understanding for US Teens

The SPASH (Stevens Point Area Senior High) Wisconsin/Nicaragua Student Partners group is working on projects that involve bringing two students from Nicaragua to Wisconsin.   The objectives of the trip are to: 1)  Strengthen current ties between youth from the United States and Nicaragua by providing...

Two representatives from W/NP(Linda Weber and Olivia Pies) recently attended the Partners of the Americas Youth Engagement Workshop in Washington DC.  Linda is a retired teacher with a wealth of experience working with youth, Vice President of W/NP, and a very active volunteer.  Olivia became involved with...

Special thanks to the Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners student chapter for continuing their exceptional planning efforts and clearly demonstrating their desire to stay involved with the youth projects.  The photos below are from a packing day at the Stevens Point W/NP warehouse in preparation for an upcoming...

It is refreshing to see how both the Wisconsin and Nicaraguan teens are stepping up and realizing the potential they have moving projects forward while educating their peers around them.   Nicaraguan Youth Project – “Give a Hand to the Education", delivers school supplies and does TV program...

This past year after being contacted by the Wautoma school district about a donation of desks, students in Wisconsin, who have traveled to Nicaragua or hosted Youth Ambassadors from Nicaragua, helped to transport the desks to the W/NP warehouse in Stevens Point.  Special thanks to all who helped make this possible,...

Cultivating opportunities for leadership roles and development is an important objective within our youth programs.   Below is an update on the most recent activity.  The school children who are touched by this youth project will forever be grateful to their Nicaraguan peers who recognized their need to have...

The youth exchanges between Wisconsin and Nicaraguan youth have cultivated an abounding and contagious spirit of volunteerism!   “As I have said before, being a volunteer is a lifestyle, I learned that in the workshop I attended in Paraguay and since the very first day (in 2008) when I got involved with...

Nicaraguan and Wisconsin youth continue their involvement  “I had one of the best experiences of all my life last week when I went to Wisconsin speaking about Nicaragua and the Youth Ambassadors program.......which I think is the best way for try to involve new generations of young people in this organization,...

While working in Nicaragua at a U.S. foreign aid agency this summer, I had the opportunity to visit Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners at its headquarters in Managua, and I was very happy that I was able to do so during one of the organization’s annual youth gatherings. From the very beginning I liked the feel of this...

The Youth of Wisconsin and Nicaragua continue to amaze us with their exceptional communication and leadership skills. In a couple weeks, five Wisconsin High School students will travel to Nicaragua and attend school with their counterparts in Nicaragua gaining a whole new perspective on life! A recent comment from one...

The third project funded through 1st Steps for US Teens developing cultural understanding has successfully taken place! After carefully reviewing applications, two teens from Nicaragua were selected to travel to WI. The students visited schools and shared information about what it is like in Nicaragua and how teens like...

August brought many exciting projects to WI Nicaragua Partners. One being the travel of two Youth Ambassadors from Nicaragua to WI, to share with everyone here, specifically teens, the impact we are having and are able to have in the lives of so many in Nicaragua. Fiesta Nicaragua was held August 8th in Milwaukee WI, the...

Thanks to the kind donations of so many we have already begun taking the time to enhance awareness for US teens! Two teens from Nicaragua were brought up to Wisconsin to spend a week and participate in the Partners of the Americas, 1st Midwest Regional Meeting. The teens recieved an increased awareness of what is...