Our Story
In December 2011, a mission team from New Hampshire traveled to El Padul, a small school in the heart of Managua, Nicaragua. What they found was a group of children eager to learn, but with very few resources and families struggling to meet their most basic needs.
We believe that when you invest in a child, you plant a seed for generations.
Jardin Infantil y El Padul, is a school for the poorest of the poor, a school funded entirely on faith.
The school was founded by Rosemary Bell and Olimpida Garay in 1995. Their goal was to educate children who would otherwise not receive an education due to their family situation and economic hardship. They began the school with a group of about 60 children, providing not only an education but also meals, uniforms, and transportation.
In the beginning, in order to gather funds, they sold many personal objects, including shoes. Finally, after much prayer and work, a variety of people began to donate funds to the school on a regular basis helping the school to grow and flourish. Today, the school has grown to more than 400 students. It is funded entirely on donations.
Hope for Nica was recently founded with a mission to help support this amazing school and the wonderful people that devote their lives to ensuring that children, no matter their economic status, receive an education. We are a foundation that seeks to provide children in need with the essential tools required to break the cycle of poverty.
We don’t just donate we build relationships. Our mission is rooted in knowing God and making Him known, while equipping children with practical tools to rise out of poverty.
Everything we do flows from a heart of service, and everything we achieve is possible because of people like you.
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Children enrolled at El Padul Christian School
Faith-based education from preschool to middle school
Meals, medical support, and mentorship
Plans to expand to high school
Community led impact, sustained by people like you
