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Cruz Verde

My Personal Growth Thanks to Friendly Hands

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September 25, 2023
Josefina is 48 years old with a very low level of schooling, she barely passed the first grade of primary school. She currently lives in the...
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The Importance and Proper Uses of Media Platforms

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April 5, 2023
Sarita, 37 years old, married, mother of two girls, Karla 7 years old, and Hazling, 11 years old, she currently lives with her whole family ...
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Innovation in Chlorination Brings Safe Drinking Water to San Jose, Nicaragua

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December 28, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas, Clean Water Program Officer San José is in the Cruz Verde community in San Carlos, Rio San Juan. 23 families total...
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Guillermo and Alejandra are Community Activists for Clean Water

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May 21, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer 64-year-old Guillermo serves as the Water and Sanitation Committee (CAPS) ...
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Innovating Water Chlorination in Nicaragua

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January 8, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer It’s been seven years since the implementation of Self-Help International...
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Clean Water in Cruz Verde Changes Families’ Lives

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October 16, 2015
In the humid overgrowth of Nicaragua’s dense forests lies the village of Cruz Verde, a rural region in the municipality of San Carlos. The c...
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Women share knowledge, empower one another

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September 15, 2015
Self-Help International’s micro-credit program is consistently expanding in Nicaragua’s Department, Rio San Juan. As of July 2015, Self-Help...
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Motivation drives Maria’s success

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January 30, 2015
Maria is a 38 year old woman from the Cruz Verde community. She has three sons, one of which is ten-years-old and must help her read and wri...
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New program officer, Yolanda, grows the micro-credit program

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November 5, 2013
In August 2013, Yolanda Fletes Rosales joined Self -Help International as the Micro-Credit Program Coordinator. She started out by meeting w...
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From Hospital Visits to Health: Dina’s Story

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April 26, 2011
Dina was being treated repeatedly at a Health Center in Cruz Verde, Nicaragua for malnutrition and low hemoglobin test numbers. Even after m...
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