PLU Nicaragua Well 2014

PLU Nicaragua Well 2014

PLU Nicaragua Well 2014

We are a group from PLU that will be traveling down to Nicaragua and installing a well for a village without access to clean water.




Day 1 in the village was great. We arrived and got to work immediately getting the well started and getting the lessons ready for teaching. We dug down 105 feet for the well and had to stop with an hour left in our schedule because one of our generators broke. Thankfully, we were still on track though. The hygiene taught about germs and how to wash your hands. The hygiene team used the glitter to teach them about germs like some of us did with the Brookdale students. The people of the village are really nice and excited that we are here. The kids were especially excited to play with us and get to know us. They really loved the football we brought out for them to play with. Day 2 was even better. The drill ... read more
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North America » United States » Washington » Tacoma March 21st 2014

We are hours away from heading to the airport and getting on the plane to Nicaragua! The whole team is ecstatic and can't wait to get there! We know it is going to be an amazing trip! We have been fortunate to have partnered with Brookdale Elementary School in raising money for our project. These are some of the pictures from the Assembly we had on March 11th where they presented us with $285.00. We are so proud of all of the work that they have put in and are so impressed with how much money they were able to raise for the well. Nicaragua here we come!... read more
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