Updates

In 2022, ViviendasLeón programs supported nearly 500 families and 1,250 children in Nicaragua and Guatemala. We began work in Guatemala in 2019. Since then we have worked toward creating our team to begin implementing our successful programs in training, farming, water and economic development.

''In our community, talking about sexuality has long been a taboo subject. I have heard women who are already adults say that they had never known of condoms until years later. In the health center or in this type of training we have learned about different methods of family planning that exist."

''Thanks to ViviendasLeón today I am receiving materials so my family can build our water system to be able to irrigate our vegetables in the summer months. Before I didn’t have enough well water or systems, or any other alternative that would allow me to harvest and maintain my vegetable crops during the dry season."

On October 9, Hurricane Julia touched the Caribbean coastline of Nicaragua near Bluefields at dawn with winds of 140 km/h, impacting between Orinoco and Laguna de Perlas; and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it passed through the rest of the country.