December 2011
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Be Part of the Solution - Short Film by Tierra...
La Isla is a small community located on the outskirts of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua in the Central America lowlands. Its sole economy is the sugar cane industry which relies on young men desperate to provide for their families ensuring an endless supply of labor. The wage they can earn cutting sugar cane makes the work worth it despite the fact that some 70% of men working in the industry...
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Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy...
To our donors and supporters,
La Isla Foundation acted as fixers for the following story:
Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions
The article will appear in radio form on BBC’s The World Service and PRI’s The World.
Please read this article in full. Among the key take aways and other points of interest around this issue are the following:
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La Isla Foundation 2011 Holiday Newsletter
Hello Everyone! As 2011 draws to a close, we want to express our gratitude to everyone who helped us make this year another successful one for La Isla Foundation. As we continue to expand our efforts, we hope you know none of what we have accomplished would be possible without you. Your donations of time and money make this type of work possible, and are necessary to affect the type of change...
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La Isla Foundation Becomes Member of Grassroots...
La Isla Foundation is not only a NGO/NPO created to facilitate finding the cause of a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) epidemic affecting sugarcane workers in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. BUT we also offer Community Based Tourism.
We are now proudly part of Grassroots Journeys and our new page on their site can be found here.
What La Isla Foundation offers:
We offer trips to visit the La Isla...