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As 2019 draws to a close, the Sister Islands Association is planning two delegations — one involving our office staff, the other for Ometepe teachers who instruct students in English.
Three second-graders from Ordway Elementary School — Kaia Robb-Goldberg, Magda Ruffo-Hill, and Abby Corns — guided by office manager Lauren Melville, organized a Wintergram fundraiser for Ordway's sister school in La Concepcion, Ometepe. The effort raised $286 which will purchase books and supplies for the La Concepcion school library. In
When the 2017 Coffee Delegation traveled to Nicaragua from Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, the group of four were treated to 11 fantastic days on Ometepe and had opportunities to explore the mainland cities of Masaya, Granada and Rivas.
Kim Esterberg reports on the Sister Islands Association’s 30th anniversary celebration on Ometepe, which began with a special dinner prepared at the home of Dora Gutierrez, our office manager in Altagracia.
The heart of our Sister Islands’ relationship occurs when people from both islands spend time together in each others’ homes and communities. Twelve Ometepinos will have that opportunity when we celebrate our 30th anniversary this year.
For the 20th year, The Traveler is donating 5 percent of their December sales to benefit school libraries on Ometepe. The travel-supply company’s partnership with Sister Islands’ libraries is one of the longest-standing organizational relationships the Sister Islands has fostered.
Five delegates from Ometepe left Bainbridge Island on May 3 after a two-week visit, the first Sister Islands' health delegation to travel north. Four of the delegates are health-care providers on Ometepe—a doctor, a dentist and two nurses—and the fifth is the manager of the Sister Islands' office on Ometepe.
Joe Duprey will be serving as the Sister Islands’ 2014 Office Volunteer. Joe was a member of the 2008 student delegation and returned to Ometepe in 2009 with a Special Needs delegation comprised primarily of adults. He also served as a student board member.
The celebrations held on Ometepe in January 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of our sister island relationship were a truly remarkable statement about the strong bonds of friendship that have been created between Ometepe and Bainbridge.
