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Links
- Hart/Laser Nicaraguan Service Sabbatical Blog
- Norwich University Viva Nicaragua
- Green Mountain Coffee
- Giving Circles Network
Community Partners
Service Learning Trips to Nicaragua
Planting Hope supports cultural exchanges between Nicaragua and the U.S. by leading Service Learning trips to Nicaragua and by bringing Nicaraguan students on Service Learning trips to Central Vermont. On the U.S. to Nicaragua trips service learning 
combines:
LEARNING
- About Nicaragua, your Nicaraguan hosts and families, and Nicaraguan culture,
- How to share your culture - songs, art activities, sports, stories, dances,
- Greater sensitivity to cultural differences,
- To reflect on the value of material resources,
- And so much more...
with
SERVICE
- Sharing games, activities, songs, sports with Nicaraguan students in urban and rural environments,
- Helping with a community project (maybe painting, cleaning, initiating an environmental project. planting trees, etc.),
- Teaching or helping to teach English,
- Visiting and spending social time with pregnant Mothers who are away from their homes living near the hospital in order to be close to medical help for the birth of their child,
- Participating in a community day program for elderly men and women,
- Or a project built upon your particular strengths & interests.