With summer just around the corner, warm evenings outside are often interrupted by the buzz of unwanted guests; mosquitoes, along with their partners in crime, ticks and fleas, are familiar foes in the U.S. Here, West Nile and Lyme Disease exist, but afflict few compared to the density of parasite-related afflictions in Central America. Near [...]
Since 2010, Rainbow Network and NICASALUD, a health organization based in Nicaragua, have partnered in health-related projects in rural communities around Ciudad Sandino, El Crucero, Nagarote, and La Paz Centro. In total, the organizations have coordinated 11 events: 6 in Ciudad Sandino, 3 in El Crucero, and one each in Nagarote and La Paz Centro. [...]
After our last article about the students graduating from technical programs. Some of you wondered how many students Rainbow Network has helped graduate over the years. Our Nicaraguan Director, Nelson Palacios, has provided this graphical representation to show our progress. It takes years of dedication by both student and sponsor for a scholarship to turn [...]
Springfield, MO(March 11, 2011): The Rainbow Network is pleased to announce the upcoming support of USAID (United States Agency for International Development) for Rainbow Network’s education program in rural Nicaragua. USAID has pledged financial support for 1,150 young children who will participate in Rainbow Network’s primary school (cottage school) programs that promotes reading, writing, and arithmetics.
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 highly anticipated new children’s book, H is for Hope, is now available! Author Louise A Jackson has written a masterful exploration of life in rural Nicaragua and photographer Chase Heilman has brought the book at the life of rural Nicaraguans to life with breathtaking clarity. H is for Hope, is available [...]
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 [...]
Many of you have probably noticed that CBS has filmed the newest season of the reality/game show Surivor in Nicaragua. The new season is set to debute on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. That’s this week! Well, do we have some exciting news for those of you in Southwest Missouri. During each episode of Survivor:Nicaragua KOLR, our [...]
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Now, you can order school supplies for one or more Nicaraguan children online through our online wish list. The purchases you make will be shipped directly from our supplier, NPO, to Rainbow Network for use by children in our education program. We provide these supplies to thousands of impoverished students each year and every little bit [...]
