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What They Say About Us!
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"Why should a group of staff visionaries and neighbors be successful in rehabilitating teen and preteen boys who have lived on the streets, been addicted to glue, and have rejected - or have been rejected by - their families? They have created a program which brings out the best in the kids. They treat the kids with respect and expect respect in return." —- Nancy Quitslund, Pres. Bainbridge/Ometepe Sister Islands Assn. 2004"I was brought face-to-face with the after effects of war. Many families were left homeless, driven by violence and hunger; and many young boys ran away to the city of Managua where they lived on the streets, sniffing glue for a quick high."Each boy has his own life story filled with pain, yet in so many ways they still retain an innocence and charm that surprised me. I imagined hardened kids. At the same time these boys make some of the most grown-up decisions in their lives — to quit glue, come off the streets, attend school, and learn to live. For their decisions they have my infinite respect.." — Adriana VanBianchi, Member of Bainbridge Island student delegation to Nicaragua, April, 1997 "After being involved with numerous solidarity efforts during my nearly two years in Nicaragua, I was impressed with how much good is being done (by Sí a la Vida) and how little money would be needed to really make it a sustaining effort. Bu, most of all, I was impressed by the courage, entrepreneurial spirit, and likeability these boys had learned to wield. This is truly grass-root activism at its finest."—Domenick Dellino, Ph. D. Recently completed a dissertation on independent women vendors in the markets of Managua. "Nicaragua is where the Cold
War was hot, but now that it’s over,
Nicaragua has been abandoned by the international community. These kids know
little of that. They are thinking mostly of the next meal or of the can of glue
that can, for a brief time, take away the hunger pains. .... |
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