by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
The cathedral in Jinotega. One of many statues inside the churches we visited. These buildings are remnants of Spanish colonization and are silent sanctuaries in the otherwise noisy cities across the country. The cathedral from the view of the wildly colorful...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Faith, Journal, Travel
This sweet woman was one of many dazed hens at the central hospital in Jinotega. She’d just given birth to twin girls. Most of the women in the cramped postpartum room had delivered twins. Women typically deliver at home with a midwife. Our midwives are trained...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
This is what a home looks like after we’ve finished a roof. These homes cost our organization $3,000 each — much more now that gas prices have risen. Many of the materials are transported from the capital. To qualify for one of these homes, the family must...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 7, 2008 | Journal, Travel
I am in the capital of Nicaragua, Managua, where I am pretty sure the humidity tops 90% and the temperature hovers at about the same. The only relief is the afternoon thunderstorm that rolls in each day about 4 pm and pounds the city until well after we have all gone...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 4, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
The last three days have left me a bit crippled. I am not cut out for manual labor. Triathlons? No problem. Running, hiking, sewing like a sweatshop worker? Cake. Digging ditches, moving heavy roof tiles, shoveling countless truck loads of sand? I am worthless. And...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 2, 2008 | Community, Journal, Public Health, Travel
Hola! I made it to Nicaragua safely with my 7 traveling companions. I´m leading a work trip and we are here to build houses and work on a water project. We traveled Saturday to Managua, the capital, and yesterday took a microbus to our project site in Jinotega. I´ve...
