Help thousands get kidney disease treatment

Through the generous support of Global Giving, La Isla Foundation was able to open English classes to 5th and 6th graders in the La Isla community in rural Nicaragua.  As their school year draws to a close at the end of this month, the dramatic change in our students is more than could ever be imagined.

All students in our classes are now holding begining conversations in English, enough to introduce themselves and meet someone new.

Joselyn, a student whose father had died from working conditions just months before school started, came out of her shell through English classes and has begun to not only participate in classes, but participate in the school yard fun activities as well.

Boys who in the begining of the year talked about their futures in the fields now report desires for better jobs and better treatment in the work place.

Students, through out presentations, are not just gaining a knowledge of different oppotrunities and livelihoods, but gaining an appreciation of choice.

The purpose of these classes were to train rural, underprivilated children in English and prepare them for jobs in offices and away from the field work that has taken the lives of their fathers and brothers.  As we've seen through the school year, it has done so much more than that.  These children are given an opportunity to improve not only the length of their lives, but the quality as well.

We greatly appreciate the support we have recieved this year through the Global Giving campaign and are excited to see how far it continues to take out participants in the upcoming years.

With your help, in the first week of this campaign we have already raised $700!  We are grateful to each of you who have jumped on board, understanding how your donations can and do make a difference in the lives of those suffering from CKDu.

We are already moving forward on the project--completing our evaluation tools so that we can get out into the field and start collecting data.  The evaluation team is ready to go and anxious to uncover critical improvement strategies for CKDu treatment. With every new supporter we are closer to this goal. We appreciate each one of you!

Thank you for being a part of the solution. Please take a moment to share this campaign with others you know, and we promise to keep you updated on our progress as we move along!  

With gratitude,

The La Isla Foundation Public Health Team