The NPHI medical conference I attended took place at the NPH Nicaragua home, which meant I got to check off a bucket list item of visiting another NPH home. Woohoo! It was different, yet the same. Like NPH Guatemala, they have a big comedor (cafeteria), but ours is enclosed while theirs is open and called the "ranchon". They served a lot of gallo pinto, which is a traditional Nicaraguan dish.
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| el RANCHON |
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| gallo pinto. yay culture! |
One thing that was really different was the set up of the sections that the kids live in. At the Guatemala home, we have large, two-story buildings for the boys and girls and a large, one-story building for the babies. Sections for the children are divided within the larger building based on ages. However, at NPHN, they have these little, individual casitas for each section, which were super cute and created a homey vibe. As much as I love NPHG, I did really like that aspect of NPHN.
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| an adorable casita |
The NPHN school classrooms also had a cool aspect to them that we don't have at NPHG- gardens inside each classroom!
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| sweet gardens! |
The NPHN buildings were great, but let's not forget the reason we were all there in the first place- the pequeños, the kids! Nicaraguan kids are the same as Guatemalan kids who are the same as American kids. Kids are kids. Good thing they're always cute! :)
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| chicas swinging the afternoon away |
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| found a sleeping angel |
It was a good experience to see a new NPH home. It made me think about a few ways we could improve things at NPHG yet at the same time appreciate certain aspects of the NPHG home. Overall, I felt grateful for NPH in general. It's a great organization doing awesome things for many, many children. Thanks for welcoming us into your family, NPH Nicaragua!
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