By Katie Adams (for Chris and Krista Farrington) | Executive Director, NicaWorks!
Every year for the past ten years we have selected a group of teenagers from alumni of Colegio Esperanza and offered them the opportunity to be a part of a program that will help them through their high school years. It is a great opportunity for us to continue our involvement in their lives but also help some students whose lives are pretty difficult and they are just trying to get ahead. This year we have a young mother named Adriana who is trying to finish high school on Saturdays and a young man named Ernesto who has been working to support his family everyday since he was 12 by selling tortillas. We're looking forward to join Adriana, Ernesto and the others in their efforts to succeed.
School starts in mid-February in Nicaragua so a few weeks ago we took the students out shopping for school supplies, new shoes and uniforms. It was fun to hang out with all of them and get to know them better. We always like to try and have lots of fun too so we stopped for ice cream at the Centro Comercial...because who doesn't like ice cream?!
A special thank you to our good friend Brad Corrigan and his Love, Light & Melody nonprofit organization for their support in getting uniforms and school supplies to our high school kids.
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