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We have many years experience coordinating academic programs and can assist  educators and group leaders in planning educational or community service oriented trips.  We will work with you to design an itinerary – including lectures, site visits, Spanish classes, and volunteer projects -  that meets your group’s goals.  This program is designed for faculty led study abroad programs, high school community service trips, and special interest organizations.

We provide:
Airport pick-up
Welcome activity and end of program party
Lodging with families or in hostels
Scheduling of all activities including lectures and site visits, volunteer or community service projects, Spanish language programs, and recreational and cultural activities. 

Sample Programs:
We will customize your program based upon your needs and the focus of your  program.  The following is a sample list of group programs:

Public Health in Nicaragua -lectures on health care system and overall health indicators and visits to clinics and hospitals.

Social Development in Nicaragua – With visits to non-profit development projects.

Gender and Development – With lectures by women’s development institutions and visits to gender development projects.

Political History – Lectures on Nicaragua’s history with emphasis on the Sandanista Revolution.

Volunteer brigades – Group community service projects.  Build a house, paint a school, or work with young people. 

Nicaraguan literature – Spanish classes that focus on reading and comprehension of Nicaraguan novels and poetry. 

Costs depend upon length of stay, activities and number of participants. 
Contact us for more information

my experience with Viva Nicaragua!
Working with a Nicaraguan NGO, I accomplished more than I ever would have been able to back home. My college leveled skills were greatly
appreciated and I was quickly given responsibilities and respect. I proudly watched my individual work have a direct affect on the people of the local communities. I even had someone stop me on the street to thank me for volunteering in Nicaragua.
Greg Contente, August, 2007

 

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“Yesterday  we piled in a jeep and drove down the packed sand beach of Lake Nicaragua, past coconut trees and wooden boats to spend  the day in a remote village providing health care, armed with only a  stethoscope, bathroom scale, and duffel bag full of cough medicine and antibiotics.”  Viva Nicaragua!  Intern, June 2007

 

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“Most mornings we work on micro loans for youth; in the afternoons we plan workshops, visit neighborhoods, or do random errands.  At night, we teach English classes in the outskirts of the city.  Our classrooms are dirt roads between houses.  Students drag out plastic chairs and we teach as dogs run by…After class we often gather in a circle and they tell us myths and legends, or we play games in the road.  Since many kids can’t read or write in Spanish, our teaching style has become increasingly more creative.”

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