Nicaragua
Living on a Dollar a Day in Nicaragua
Most of us can’t imagine trying to support ourselves, let alone our entire family, on just a dollar a day. But millions of women around the world are forced to do exactly that because they do not have economic opportunity.
This February, in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month (March), I left my home in Annapolis, MD and traveled to Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the Americas, to try to experience what it was like to live on less than $1 a day.
In Nicaragua, I stayed with a member of FEMUPROCAN, an agricultural cooperative that helps women produce and sell crops in organic, sustainable, and income-generating ways. I met (more…)
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TAGS: NGO Partner, Nicaragua, Women Thrive