Leer este artículo en Español aquí. The El Parasio Housing project is complete! 25 rural families in El Parasio now have their own homes. These houses are a clean, safe place to live and include a strong foundation, floor, and roof to keep out the tropical coastal weather and an outdoor cook stove to keep [...]
This past weekend Rainbow Network partners from across northeast Missouri gathered at Arch United Methodist Church in Hannibal, MO. to celebrate the successful fundraising for the construction of 25 homes in El Parasio, Nicaragua. The “Nicaragua Mission Team” pictured to the left led the effort to raise more than$75,000 for the completion of the new [...]
Nelson Palacios, Nicaragua Director, at El Trapiche De un reciente artículo en el periódico nicaragüense El Nuevo Diario. Veinticinco familias de escasos recursos de la comunidad El Trapiche, jurisdicción de El Crucero, fueron beneficiadas con igual cantidad de viviendas, como parte del compromiso social que desarrolla la organización Red Arco Iris, (“Rainbow Network” por su [...]
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 [...]
The construction of 25 new homes in the community of El Trapiche is continuing now after delays due to heavy rainfall. One house is now complete (you can see the lone roof in the photo to the right), while another 13 are awaiting only tin roofs, doors, and windows. Another’s walls are half constructed and the [...]
Rainbow Network has been working these last few months to construct 25 new homes in the community of El Trapiche, Nicaragua. We’ve seen great progress as homes have taken shape and water lines have been run to the community from an existing well. To see photos of the construction, click here. To meet the families [...]
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The mountains of Nicaragua are home to a lot of well kept secrets. Little places forgotten by the wider world. One such community is El Trapiche (translated the mill). This community, aptly named given its historic and current focus on producing basic grains, is home to approximately 250 people. In El Trapiche, Rainbow Network operates [...]
Rainbow Network’s Ryan Owen and Nelson Palacios were two of the many staff members who joined co-Founder and Board Member Keith Jaspers, representatives from Cross International, and the people of Los Arcos in attendance last month for the celebration of the completion of the housing project in Los Arcos, Nicaragua. Managua’s Canal 10 was there as well as [...]
Toilets may not be polite conversation, but they are absolutely essential to public health. Below you can test your latrine IQ with some facts provided by The World Toilet Organization.
