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In 1997, D5890 Rotarians found 800 children were eating food from the city dump in Chinandega, Nicaragua. These children & their displaced families were economic victims from not only a change in national government but also from the devastation of a hurricane. A small school was built, & 90 children attended & received one meal a day. Thanks to Rotary, there are elementary schools, a secondary school, and high school. Over 1700 children attend the school & receive nourishing meals and medical care.
Rotarians in many Rotary Districts across the United States have adopted the "Children of the Dump" as their club’s international project. TRF grants have helped build: Betania Trade School (vocational training); San Martin Hospital; Refugio Belen (shelter for pregnant women); Santa Lucia School for the Blind; 500 homes with micro-farms to grow crops for their family and to sell at the market. The "cycle of poverty" is being broken. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2vddEVgy7o