NIcaragua is an interesting (and counterintuitive) choice. As I posted elsewhere, the government is way too poor to have the resources to really mess with you. They’re too busy with monopolizing electricity generation to charge outrageous fees. In some very odd way, you have more freedom living in Nicaragua than you do in the US.
Also, even though much of the country is very hot, they have some beautiful mountainous areas where they grow coffee and its very cool.
Very, very poor people, though. If you would like to help out, there’s lots of opportunities to do a lot of good, and see the results immediately and personally.
” In some very odd way, you have more freedom living in Nicaragua than you do in the US.”
Glad you mentioned this - absolutely true - as well as the reason you gave.
AND, “If you would like to help out, there’s lots of opportunities to do a lot of good, and see the results immediately and personally.” as well.
We’ve worked with orphans & street kids (on our own) as well as those who live/work in Chureca - the Managua city dump. You can’t put a dent in the problem, but you can touch a few individual lives. We need to be careful though that what we do isn’t to feel good about ourselves and our efforts, but to really help. A good book called “When Helping Hurts” nails the fact that many “mission trips” and attempts at good works really end up hurting people you want to help - but can make you feel good about yourself.
Wrong motive.
We’ve learned to not create an expectancy or dependency in the poor there. Can be an individual duplication of what government has done here with blacks.....and individuals with bears.......the poor Nica’s see Americans and they can’t help but see $$$$$........