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Celebrating clean water can get a little messy!

En route to the community of Tololar, our Change for Children delegation yields to trucks piled high with freshly cut sugar cane as we share the narrow space between sugar can... En route to the community of Tololar, our Change for Children delegation yields to trucks piled high...

Blog, In The Field

The Eyewitness Account of it

I am nervous. I am not sure why. Or is it excitement disguised as nerves? Either way, I am sweating profusely. The dust we kick up as we walk the 100 yards down the dry, dirt ... I am nervous. I am not sure why. Or is it excitement disguised as nerves? Either way, I am sweating ...

Blog, In The Field

Inspired by Social Justice

“My experience with CFCA provided me with my first experience with international development…I felt that I had met ‘my people’…” An intervi... “My experience with CFCA provided me with my first experience with international development&#...

In Canada

Promoting Local Food Sovereignty in Guatemala

Guatemala is a country rich in fertile agricultural land. Incredibly, it is also a country in which the United Nations estimates that roughly 50% of children are chronically m... Guatemala is a country rich in fertile agricultural land. Incredibly, it is also a country in which ...

In The Field

Clean Water - A Reason to Celebrate

Glenn Isaac and his family traveled to Nicaragua this year and took part in the inauguration of the well in the community of El Tanque, drilled as part of the Nicaragua Water ... Glenn Isaac and his family traveled to Nicaragua this year and took part in the inauguration of the ...

In The Field, Travel Stories

Many Hands Make Light Work

The Women of the Taltimiche Weaving Co-Op are currently working together to re-build their weaving workshop that was damaged by an earthquake late last year. Many of our gener... The Women of the Taltimiche Weaving Co-Op are currently working together to re-build their weaving w...

In The Field

Food - here and there

I love food. I think eating a good meal with friends and family is one of the truly fine things in life. BUT many of us are beginning to realize the food that is on our plates... I love food. I think eating a good meal with friends and family is one of the truly fine things in l...

In Canada

Ancient Artifacts Discovered in the BOSAWAS

Nicaragua is not a country traditionally associated with Mayan ruins. However, long before the Bosawas was established as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, long before Change for Ch... Nicaragua is not a country traditionally associated with Mayan ruins. However, long before the Bosaw...

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