Breaking News

New Program Director

Josh Nagler comes to us from the Peace Corp but was raised in Mill Valley, Ca. He is newly married to Aura Lila, a Nicaraguan - who has a 9yr old daughter Celeste. Josh was hired to be the new Program Manager for the project as we needed someone on the ground to supervise the ever expanding scope of our projects.
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School Project

The St Helena/Developing Communities group is partnering with the Nicaraguan federal government to build phase one (of two) of a new secondary school in Empalme de Boaco. This is a much needed school and will eventually accommodate all the needed secondary school needs for Empalme.Read More

February 07 Trip

The voluntreer buidling group traveled to Nicaragua this past month, Feb 26th- March 7th. Thirteen of us went this year, some new, some veterans to the Empalme This was quite a different trip for us, usually we have houses to build, sewer systems to fix, roofs to replace…the list goes on and on. This year I had other ideas, we were going to work in the hospitals and clincs in Boaco and Empalme de Boaco. Read More

Fire Trip

The St Helena Volunteer Firemen took another trip to Nicaragua in Feb. It was our second trip like this, last year was our first, and the Firefighters were anxious to get back to see the old friends. Read More

Our Recent Auction

On Sept 23rd, 2006 we had a PARTY! We pulled out all the stops and once again had a Latin Lobster Feed for 200 of our luckiest supporters at the Sutter Home Winery. With last years incredible fund raiser in our memory, we had some big shoes to fill and some big numbers to surpass. Read More

Inauguration

On June 23rd 2006, we moved in 22 more families into new homes!! It was Mothers Day in Nicaragua and the timing was perfect, the gift couldn’t have been sweeter for all the mothers who were receiving houses on this day. A gringo group of 17 went to Nicaragua for the event and, as always, the emotions ran high all week. We arrived to a welcome party, the bands and the smiles. We had lots of preparation to do for the big day but when that day came, it was all smiles and words of encouragement for the new homeowners. Read More