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I spent the last week doing service work in a
small community outside of Managua, Nicaragua.
The poverty of this country is beyond what most
country live without toilets or indoor plumbing
yet, it’s a country with extremely low violence and
crime. The people are family and in most cases faith
focused. They are happy to live simply and grateful
beyond recognition for assistance when it comes.
Priceless
By Melanie Hicks PhD.
Living in America it can be easy to look at other
nations with such great need and want to give of
our resources or even our time. My experience
is a prime example of this and I am proud and
happy for this opportunity. But what about the
need in our own backyard? Perhaps on the scale of
statistics we do not compare and yet on the more
important human scale each life deserves better
understanding and dignity.
S T A R T U P
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