Sharing in the love of God by partnering with Nicaragua’s poorest people in healthcare, education, economic development, and housing.

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New Video Shows Beauty and Challenge of Nicaragua

I hope everyone who reads our blog regularly and those of you who’ve just stumbled onto us will take a couple of minutes to watch this new video produced by Rainbow Network Partner, Chase Heilman. The video is wonderful, the images beautiful, and the message is right on target with what we at Rainbow Network [...]

How and Why We Love the Church

Rainbow Network is a faith based organization. We are not a denominational ministry, but, we are a church partner. Our faith leads us to heed Christ’s call to serve the poor and to be with them in meaningful ways. The Christian faith is diverse and we work with many segments of the larger church. It is [...]

Preaching to the Choir

by Kate Murr It’s no secret that this blog “preaches to the choir” of Rainbow Network supporters.  This recognition today figuratively and literally brought to mind some refreshing refrains related to this network’s unique support for some of the Earth’s poorest individuals.  Around this time every year, some of us brace ourselves for a whirlwind [...]

Vacation Bible School Mission Focus

As you prepare for your congregation’s 2009 Vacation Bible School, The Rainbow Network invites you to partner with us in providing a mission focus and supplemental materials for your VBS program.   Vacation Bible School is a foundational time of education and growth in personal faith for the children (and leaders) who participate. The scriptural lessons and activities [...]

Celebrate Women Who Inspire You

March 2009 is International Women’s Month The women who touch our lives bring inspiration, comfort, power, and challenge. Women are also key to the global fight against poverty. Of the 1.2 billion people living in poverty in our world, 70% are women. The Rainbow Network is empowering the women of rural Nicaragua to make positive [...]

Meet the Families of Valle de San Juan

Recently, Jim Oman (Rainbow’s VP of Development) shared his journal entry from a visit to Valle de San Juan – a village partnering with Rainbow Network. You can read that post by clicking here. Not all of us are able to travel to Nicaragua and meet the people of Nicaragua. But, that doesn’t mean we [...]

Update from Nicaragua – Updated by Nelson Palacios

2/25/2009   On Feb. 4 Rainbow Network’s Vice President of Operations, David McCready, issued an update on the situation in Nicaragua. That update was posted to our website at www.rainbownetwork.org.   Nelson Palacios, Nicaraguan National Director, has provided some information regarding the progress of some of David’s earlier points for the benefit of our partners [...]