2019 Kids Can Make a Difference calendar now on sale
Second- and fifth-graders at The Island School have produced this year’s Kids Can Make A Difference calendar, with proceeds to benefit various projects on Ometepe. The theme of the 2019 calendar is "Highlights of Ometepe and Bainbridge Island." For the first time,
Special Needs Committee assists the blind community
The Special Needs Committee recently received a donation of over 50 different kinds of tips for canes for the blind from a company in Canada (Ambutech).
2019 student delegation on hold due to political instability
The Sister Islands Association's Student Delegation Committee has decided not to take applications for a 2019 delegation because of the continuing atmosphere of tension and political instability in Nicaragua. Last year, we were unable to send the group of students
2018 Library Delegation
The 2018 Library Delegation visited all the libraries on Ometepe, consulted with librarians, delivered books and assessed further library needs in the Island schools. Vicente Potoy Cajina and his 3rd and 4th grade class at San Jose del Norte.
Photography delegation teaches skills to deaf children
The January Special Needs Delegation, let by Brenda Berry, continued workshops in photography for deaf children. We originated this project with the goal of providing these kids with the opportunity to express themselves creatively to the hearing and non-hearing communities.
Another Ometepe “sister” celebrates 30th anniversary
We aren’t the only community association that’s enjoyed a long friendship with Ometepe. The Ometepe-Gulf Islands Friendship Association, on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, has roots nearly as deep as ours.