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

Staff Voices


Learning Beyond School Walls

Education has always been a vital part of what we do at Rainbow Network, but learning doesn’t stop when children leave the classroom.  I’m sure that, like me, some of your own fondest memories from your school years didn’t take place in a desk- they were of those trips to the apple orchards, local caves, [...]

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 [...]

20 Technical Studies Graduates in El Crucero (English)

A total of 20 young people from the rural communities around El Crucero received a special scholarship for technical studies during the 2010-2011 school year in INTAE (The National Technical Institute for Administration and Economics), located in Diriamba, Carazo.  The majority of these students graduated high school in 2010 with sponsorship through Rainbow Network, which [...]

20 jóvenes becados de El Crucero se graduaron en manejo de caja en el INTAE

Un total de 20 jóvenes de las comunidades rurales de El Crucero, tuvieron el beneficio de una beca especial para estudios técnicos en el INTAE (Instituto  Nacional Técnico para la Administración y la Economía) en la ciudad de Diriamba, Carazo, desde Agosto de 2010 hasta el mes de marzo de 2011.- La mayoría de estos [...]

H is for Hope is Here!

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 [...]

Airport Update on Los Arcos Housing

Right now, I’m sitting in the airport waiting on a flight to Nicaragua. I’m going to meet some of the members of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Omaha, NE. This congregation represents one of Rainbow’s newest partner congregations and I am excited to meet them shortly. I’ve just received the following update on the housing [...]

Los Arcos Housing Update #3

I am pleased to report report the continued progress on the new housing project in Los Arcos in the La Paz Centro Network. When this project began in June we set as our goal the complete of 10 homes by July 31. We are set to meet that goal with five houses in the final [...]

A Letter from Silvia

I work for The Rainbow Network; I have been a part of the Rainbow Network family for three years. I was born in a humble community located 207 km from the capital of Nicaragua, called Villa Nueva. My home community is located in the Department of Chinandega in the western part of Nicaragua. It is [...]