Nayelhi is seen here, at her desk, with all the “regalitos” she received from kids at the end of the 2020 school year. She graduated from the Pathway Program in 2014 and is now loving her job as a 5th Grade teacher assistant at the Nicaragua Christian Academy (NCA). NCA […]
An Interview With Blanca
Blanca joined the Pathway Program at the age of 6 and now, at 21, is studying Industrial Engineering at the University of Central America. What inspired you to study industrial engineering? It was our math tutor at the Children’s Center, Juan Avendaño, who first inspired me. He gave us all […]
Newsletter – August 2021
In these… odd and extraordinary days, I find myself thinking that if anyone ever doubted… the potential in one action taken, or left undone, and the connectedness of one place to every other one around the world… there is ample proof each of us matters and makes a difference in ways we may never fully see. And there is deep joy and gorgeous creativity in that.
An Interview With Adriana
Adriana is a student at the University of Science & Technology in Costa Rica, studying Industrial Engineering. While Adriana was waiting for classes to resume last year, we caught up with her with some questions about her Pathway to Progress experience. What are some of your favorite memories of being […]
An Interview With Kerstin
Now 20 years old, Kerstin is a 3rd year med student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) studying Medicine and General Surgery. In her own words, here are her thoughts on participating in the Pathway Program. What are some of your favorite memories of being in the Pathway […]
An Interview With Francisco
Francisco dropped out of school after 6th grade. He was 14 years old when Ed met him, a kid with nothing to do and nowhere to go. He told Ed he wanted to go back to school. Ed was not convinced it would work out, but Francisco persisted. To make […]
A Service Trip to Managua (Mission 2020)
The group of Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation medical professionals who visited Managua
in January this year was a bit smaller than before. Ten of us decided that helping the poorest in the utterly poor nation of Nicaragua, despite its 2019 civil uprising and its bloody reprisals, was worth it. We signed papers accepting the risk and added emergency insurance to get into a country that was listed by the State Department as high risk due to “civil unrest, crime, limited health care availability, and arbitrary enforcement of laws”.
Newsletter – July 2020
More than ever, we’re grateful for you, the community of Pathway to Progress (P2P) supporters, who have funded, volunteered, celebrated and advocated for Pathway to Progress Nicaragua through the years. At a time when everything feels uncertain for all of us, we find comfort and encouragement knowing that you are with us.
Newsletter – May 2019
Amid many difficulties that continue to weigh the country down, life goes on as usual for most of us and you would never know from the smiles on our kids’ faces that there are any problems at all. I love the picture below of Pedro and Kevin Jose, two of our 2018 high school graduates who are now enrolled in an 8-month intensive English course at Palabra de Vida/Word of Life Institute on the outskirts of Managua. It’s hard to believe we’ve known these two fine young men, since they were 6 years old. Now, at 17, they are working hard to become fluent in English.
Newsletter – February 2019
We’re back in Managua! And very glad to be here! This little 3rd grader, Angelica, was a keen little ‘’camper’’ in our back-to school camp two weeks ago. Camp consisted of art and oral story-telling, math games and fun English activities, all aimed at bringing the children together and re-energizing them for the new school year. The older kids, in grades 4-6, even got Carpentry Class with ‘’Don Eduardo’’ and proudly made little step stools they took home at the end of the week. Angelica will get to do that next year!