Nicaragua, Central America
Nicaragua
is the 2nd poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Most of the wealth of the country, the tourism, and the Pan-American
Highway , are all on the Western half of the country. That is
where the majority of the population live, with over 25% being in the
capital city of Managua . Most
of the religious, medical, and humanitarian aid efforts in Nicaragua
occur on the more populated and easier to
reach Western side.
We live and work on the other side (NE Corner) of
the country, where the indigenous Indians of the area are mostly
subsistence farmers. This side of the country is not so heavily
populated. Most reports put the Miskito Indians on the Atlantic Coast living in both Nicaragua
and Honduras
around 100,000, the only place in the
world they call home.
We fly a 4-seat Cessna 172 airplane
for emergency medical evacuation supply and transport to the far
reaches of the Rio Coco region, which is the North border of Nicaragua.
We also cover the areas to the South, in a large grassland savanna
(swamp). We are centrally located in La Tronquera, south of Waspam. The airplane was donated by an organization called Wings of Hope
in St. Louis, MO. Wings of Hope also helps with maintenance and the continued operation of the airplane in
Nicaragua. They operate in 42 countries, and we are proud to be able to
help them here in Nicaragua.
We are a very small organization, consisting of me (pilot) and my wife (nurse) and our two small children. We have been living in Nicaragua 7 years.
