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Ministry’s Plan to Transform an Entire Nicaraguan Community

February 24, 2022 No Comments

Bringing clean water to a community takes time, and in Chinandega, Nicaragua, it took seven years of charity work, faith in Christ, and compassion for the poor.

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A Nicaraguan woman in a crude, smoke-filled kitchen, cooking over an open fire.

Reducing Health Risks of Rural Nicaraguan Kitchens

February 24, 2022 No Comments

Thousands of poor Nicaraguan families breathe in toxic smoke from open fires, but there is a safer, more environmentally sustainable way to continue this tradition.

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2021 Box of Joy Ministry Blesses Record Number of Children

February 24, 2022 No Comments

In its 2021 season, Box of Joy blessed more children than ever before! U.S. Catholics united to provide Christmas gifts for kids in eight developing nations.

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Relieving Rural Nicaragua’s Big Hunger Problem

January 4, 2022 No Comments

Learn how we are tackling hunger in Nicaragua, the second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

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A mother and her three children stand in front of a new concrete house.

How Catholics Are Sharing Safe Shelter With the Poor

January 3, 2022 No Comments

Families living in developing countries around the world often live in crumbling mud and stick shacks or huts pieced together from scraps found at the local garbage dump.

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Children splash in the water gushing from a pipe from the new well in El Raisal.

Water, Pigs, Faith: Transforming Nicaragua

December 22, 2021 No Comments

Cross Catholic Outreach transforms poor rural Nicaraguan communities by providing clean water systems and economic advancement.

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