Viva Nicaragua! Center for Social Justice and Cultural Understanding

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Explore Your Global Roar in COSTA RICA with College of Nursing and good friends from Viva Nicaragua! Center for Social Justice and Cultural Understanding The travel dates for this program are May 7th - 15th. Scholarship funds available for all participants. This program is open to nursing and non-nursing students: https://studyaway.pnw.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=10502

Community.

students learn about the efforts of Amigos del Ambiente to promote socio-economic integration for Nicaraguan and Costa Rican families. We also enjoyed amazing homemade empanadas, frescos naturales, and agua de p**a.

This is community.

PURPOSE.

One word check out for Migration, Social Justice, and Health Equity Program.

students visit UNICEF's Safe Space (Espacio Seguro) and learn about their work to address the needs of transnational migrants and families.

a love letter to Costa Rica 💌 from student . i had the most amazing opportunity to attend a sustainable development and social justice service trip through in northern costa rica. During our trip, we spent our time engaging with communities and learning a lot about Costa Rican Culture. In Caño Negro we learned how to make tortillas with a nicaraguan refugee family, play soccer with local children and practice our spanish. In Los Chiles, I was blessed to be able to cook and serve transnational migrants moving through south and central america to the US. In Bijagua, we got to experience the rainforest first hand and learn about the importance of the environment. In Playa Hermosa, we had the opportunity to dig up sea turtle nests and release baby turtles to the ocean. This trip had left me with many life lessons and friendships that I plan to take with me back to the US. I am forever grateful for this experience and all the people I got to learn from along the way 🇨🇷🫶🏼

It's so much more than a line.

On a visit to the Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 border with the OUCCAS team, we discussed the contrasts and connections between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

The border -an invisible line- marks the difference between freedom and persecution; between economic opportunities and extreme poverty; between respect for human rights and indiscriminate violations of all basic rights.

In discussions about diversity and cultural humility, it is important to include and recognize national and ethnic identities, histories, and cultures. There is no one Latinx or Central American experience - and making the effort understand that is key to building cultural humility.
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Cultural immersion and cross cultural learning.

Nursing students spend a morning with the Kid's Club before a week of home health and clinic work.

Building cultural humility through communi5engagement service learning.

It's only a line. Discussing borders, immigration, and diversity at a visit to the Nicaragua side of the Costa Rica/Nicaragua border.

All part of our "Building cultural humility" retreat for OUCCAS team.

OUCCAS teambuilding through cultural humility retreat in the . Lunch and discussions at the border.

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Costa Rica study abroad 2023 study abroad trip with medical students at the University of Cincinnati CAHS to Costa Rica!

Wonderful afternoon learning about integration of Nicaraguan families in the public education system and free play with kids.

Our were so welcomed and had an amazing day with the Escuela San Jose de Upala community!

First day of community visits with Health Science Students and Nicaraguan asylum seekers.

Tortilla making with our Nicaraguan community in the north of Costa Rica.

During our home visits, students and faculty, accompanied by monitor blood pressure and provide heath education.

The communities of Caño Negro and Aguas Negras have limited access to health services and health promotion programs give individuals the information and tools to advocate for their health and the health of their families and communities.