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Success Story: Eunice

  Upon returning from his most recent trip to Nicaragua, Keith was excited to share success stories and words of thanks from people impacted by Rainbow Network programs. One such story is that of Eunice, a 29 year old woman living in the  Nagarote network. When Rainbow arrived in her community 12 years ago, Eunice [...]

New Desks for the School in Santa Celia, Nicaragua

Thanks to the generous support of our Village Partners from the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin the school kids in Santa Celia, Nicaragua have received new desks for their classroom. The former desks were dilapidated and in need of replacement. Now the students have a work station suitable to allow them to concentrate on [...]

Rainbow’s Nicaragua Photo Gallery Returns to Springfield!

June 19 and June 26, 8:00am -  12:30, First and Calvary Presbyterian Church 820 E. Cherry If you are in the Springfield, MO area and you missed our amazing photo exhibit presented by Chase Heilman last fall, now’s your chance to see the amazing images. First and Calvary Presbyterian Church will be hosting the exhibit for [...]

Fun Photo: A Thousand Words of Progress…

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I wonder what words come to mind when you see this photo? Here’s my list: Bright Eyes – children receiving proper nutrition have a bright, intelligent look in their eyes. These girls have it. Joy – as our needs are met and we [...]

Staff Voices: A Note from Ryan

Over the last two weeks I have come to realize that perhaps the greatest source of humility is to be asked to do something grand. Two weeks is how long I have been serving as the Interim Executive Director of Rainbow Network. I have never really been all that concerned with job titles and this [...]

Medical Capacity Fund Created

I have some very exciting news. A number of us at The Rainbow Network are creating a new Medical Capacity Fund to help provide needed care to people living in poverty in rural Nicaragua. For the past nine years I have travelled to rural Nicaragua and worked alongside Rainbow Network’s dedicated physicians in dirt-floored shacks [...]

Number of Annual High School Graduates

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 [...]

Rainbow’s Nicaraguan Heroes (otherwise known as staff members)

Click the photo to see the faces of the folks who make Rainbow Network’s miracles happen day in and day out, week after week through dedication, hard work, faith, and generous love. Don’t Forget! Make your Feinstein Hunger Challenge gift today to help us fight hunger and feed hungry and malnourished children. Your money will be [...]

Village Partner Program Update

One of the most unique opportunities Rainbow Network offers our partners is the chance to partner with a particular Nicaraguan community. Our “Village Partner” program lets Nicaraguans and North Americans bond and work together in new ways. It’s not a program as much as it is a relationship with partners working together to devise ways [...]