This month, month 2 of the World Race, my entire squad of 20 girls served and lived at CICIRN, a non-denominational Christian Prevention Center and School for needy children located on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua.
Check out this VLOG to see what our ministry consisted of over the last 3 weeks!
For Those Who Want to Learn More About CICRIN:
CICRIN started its ministry on the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua in the early 1970s. They saw that a great need existed for mistreated, abandoned poor and at-risk children in Nicaragua so they started a refuge. From 1979-1990, CICRIN closed due to political unrest in the country. The center then re-opened in 1990.
Currently, CICRIN provides week-long residential care for nearly 20 children who are orphaned, abandoned, or have no safe place to live. These children receive:
- a home of Christian love and support
- proper clothing, food, and living care (including medical and dental care)
- a safe environment (physically, emotionally, spiritually)
- an education and vocational path to allow them to learn valuable trades or to attend a Nicaraguan university if appropriate
- an exit strategy which allows them to become independent and contributing members of Nicaraguan society
In addition to the children who live at CICRIN, they provide
- primary and secondary school education to as many as 280 children and youth
- an afternoon Daily Prevention Program for 35 children who receive academic and spiritual mentoring, computer and ESL training and other activities.
- adult education in the English language
- computer classes
- sewing and music classes
For more information you can visit their website: http://www.cicrinus.org
