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Reflections from the Bus

Nicaragua, Rural Justice
Para leer en Español By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua  The second poorest nation in Latin America, Nicaragua faces challenges in addressing chronic malnutrition and improving net primary school enrollment a...
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Life in the campo

Nicaragua, Rural Justice
Fruit Kevin helped pick while in the campo. Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua. Kevin experienced several aspects of life related to living in rural Nicaragua: a lack of access to water and the intense labour r...
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An old pair of jeans

Nicaragua, Rural Justice
By Cassie Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua. This post corresponds to a previous post that reflected on workers who are employed in free trade zones in Nicaragua.   I just happened to be wearing an old pair of Gap jea...
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How many slaves are working for you?

Nicaragua, Rural Justice
By Kevin Zonnefeld, MCC Nicaragua Cassie and I rode a bus through one of the many “zona francas” (free trade zones) here in Nicaragua. It was a Saturday night and thousands of people were flooding into the str...
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Who Owns the Lake?

Nicaragua, Rural Justice
Adam poses as he jumps off a 10-meter high dock into the pristine waters of the volcanic crater lake located near the hotel and restaurant mentioned in this blog post. Adam Shank and Marisa Cylmer Shank are s...