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  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, members of the community meet for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Here a group is setting up a new plot with drip-fed irrigation. The project is supported by the Evangelic Lutheran Church of America and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering. A successful crop of corn is being grown in the background.
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  • An afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
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  • An afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0777.jpg
  • An afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua, one player hit the ball so hard his bat broke. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0204.jpg
  • An afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0195.jpg
  • One baseball player makes his way home on his horse after an afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0849.jpg
  • Some spectators take refreshments during an afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0830.jpg
  • An afternoon of sport at Rodeito near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Baseball is the national sport and in this area sporting activities are encouraged by the Lutheran Church with the support of ELCA as a healthy pasttime for young people to enjoy. Social problems associated with alcohol consumption are widespread, and the church has set up a tournament of several teams, helping some with the provision of equipment. Hundreds of people arrived, many on horses.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0698.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Here two women who are part of a community group make 'camellones' or camel humps, to grow vegetables. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
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  • A healthy crop of flowering maize In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua. Here the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Maryan Alvarez helps put a drip-fed irrigation system in place. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1215-2.jpg
  • A record of rainfall in the villages across northing Nicaragua is kept as part of a project by the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, supported by ELCA. Here a record sheet shows how rainfall has been scarce and irregular, adding to data from the last few years recording patterns.
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  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1379.jpg
  • Duvelkis Mercedes Delgado Hernandez, 13, in La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1178.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Isabel Gómez is part of the community group growing food for the whole community. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1140.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1079.jpg
  • In northern Nicaragua, farming has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families. Here villagers near Somotillo work on a community plot supported by ELCA.
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  • Children play under a healthy, irrigation-fed, crop of maize In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua. Here the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0844.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0809.jpg
  • Portraits from Somotillo, Nicaragua. Through the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ELCA provides support to innovative projects to help families improve their lives. Improved stoves have been provided, that save on firewood and take smoke out of the kitchen reducing respiratory diseases that have been prevalent.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0308.jpg
  • In La Flor, near Somotillo, water scarcity because of the persistent drought continues to cause major difficulties for people living there. Through the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua, ELCA has run several projects aimed at dealing with the difficulty. A deep well has been drilled and a solar-powered pump unit set up to pump water from around 45m depth. This water provides neighbours with water for drinking and washing.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0013.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1372.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1344.jpg
  • José, a farmer from San Luis, Somoto. In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1323.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1224.jpg
  • Portrait from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1174.jpg
  • Duvelkis Mercedes Delgado Hernandez, 13, in La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1181.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1166.jpg
  • This is Apolonia Palma, who takes part in a community plot in her village, El Rodeíto. In northern Nicaragua, farming has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1115.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1016.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1040.jpg
  • Zulema Lopez in San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua. The community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0965.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0888.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0742.jpg
  • Griselda Ampáro Díaz, in her kitchen with her son in La Carbonera, Somoto. Griselda was helped with an improved stove in a project run by the Nicaraguan Lutheran church and supported by ELCA. "The stove uses much less firewood" she says "it's a big advantage for my health, I'm not swallowing smoke while I'm cooking, and I can cook things more quickly, because I can cook rice, beans and tortillas all at the same time. The stove uses less than half of what I used to use."
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  • In La Flor, near Somotillo, water scarcity because of the persistent drought continues to cause major difficulties for people living there. Through the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua, ELCA has run several projects aimed at dealing with the difficulty. A deep well has been drilled and this solar-powered pump unit has been set up to pump water from around 45m depth. This water provides neighbours with water for drinking and washing.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0342.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1341.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1244.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1230.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1147.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0858.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Staff member Noel Sevilla speaks to the community group. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0771.jpg
  • Noel Sevilla, is project facilitator for the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, he works in San Luis, Somoto, with a solar-powered pump system that provides drip irrigation for the cultivation of maize that is grown collectively in the village.
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  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0678.jpg
  • Portraits from Somotillo, Nicaragua. Through the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ELCA provides support to innovative projects to help families improve their lives. Improved stoves have been provided, that save on firewood and take smoke out of the kitchen reducing respiratory diseases that have been prevalent.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0313.jpg
  • In La Flor, near Somotillo, water scarcity because of the persistent drought continues to cause major difficulties for people living there. Through the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua, ELCA has run several projects aimed at dealing with the difficulty. A deep well has been drilled and a solar-powered pump unit set up to pump water from around 45m depth. This water provides neighbours with water for drinking and washing.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0017.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1358.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1322.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1314.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1310.jpg
  • Portraits from La Carbonera, Somoto, Nicaragua. This region has been severely affected by lack of rainfall over recent years. The prolonged drought has dried up rivers and wells and has destroyed most crops before they get to harvest. ELCA is supporting the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ILFE, with community-based farming responses to this crisis, where small plots are farmed in groups, sometimes with irrigation, in an attempt to provide the basic nutritional requirements for the participating families.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1215.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1103.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1085.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1051.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_1023.jpg
  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0879.jpg
  • In La Flor, near Somotillo, water scarcity because of the persistent drought continues to cause major difficulties for people living there. Through the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua, ELCA has run several projects aimed at dealing with the difficulty. A deep well has been drilled and a solar-powered pump unit set up to pump water from around 45m depth. This water provides neighbours with water for drinking and washing.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0359.jpg
  • In La Flor, near Somotillo, through the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ELCA provides support to innovative projects to help families improve their lives. Here improved stoves have been provided, that save on firewood and take smoke out of the kitchen thereby reducing respiratory diseases that have been prevalent.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0044.jpg
  • The women's group in this village near Somoto, Nicaragua kneeds dough to make bread in a communal over. The oven is a fuel-efficient model that's new to the area, the project is supported by the Nicaragua Lutheran Church through ELCA.
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  • Nelsy Raquel Zara, 5 lives in a community in northern Nicaragua attended by the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church and supported by ELCA. The community, near Somoto, is suffering from extended drought that affects the harvests and nutritition in the area. Children are particularly vulnerable to the conditions brought about by climate change.
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  • Noel Sevilla, centre, is project facilitator for the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, he works in San Luis, Somoto. Here a community oven is being fired up for the women's group to make bread. The oven is a fuel-efficient model that's new to the area.
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  • Karin Margini Flores Herrera with a parakeet on her finger in La Flor, Somotillo, Nicaragua. Through the Nicaraguan Lutheran Church, ELCA has supported projects in the area that improve people's lives and help people adapt to climate change.
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  • A community oven is being fired up for the women's group in this village near Somoto, Nicaragua to make bread. The oven is a fuel-efficient model that's new to the area, the project is supported by the Nicaragua Lutheran Church through ELCA.
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  • Two boys ride a horse to the village of La Flor near Somotillo. Rio Gallo. Climate change has brought prolonged droughts to the area, for several years the rain has been erratic and insufficient, causing loss of crops year after year, and a drop in the water table drying up rivers and wells. ELCA supports projects for the adaptation of communities to climate change, and the perforation of deep wells for drinking water and for irrigation.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0174.jpg
  • In the village of La Carbonera, near Somoto, Nicaragua, the persistent drought has left left the soil dust-dry, and crops have failed year after year through lack of rain. Here, a community farming project will be irrigation-fed in a project supported by ELCA. Here Exequiel Viscay walks through a failing crop of maize waiting for the project to start.
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  • In the village of La Carbonera, near Somoto, Nicaragua, the persistent drought has left left the soil dust-dry, and crops have failed year after year through lack of rain. Here, a community farming project will be irrigation-fed in a project supported by ELCA. Here Exequiel Viscay walks through a failing crop of maize waiting for the project to start.
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  • Rio Gallo. One of many dry river beds in the region of northern Nicaragua. Climate change has brought prolonged droughts to the area, for several years the rain has been erratic and insufficient, causing loss of crops year after year, and a drop in the water table drying up rivers and wells. ELCA supports projects for the adaptation of communities to climate change, and the perforation of deep wells for drinking water and for irrigation.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_ELCA_0171.jpg
  • Maryan Alvarez in the Tecomapa River, in La Pavana, Somotillo, Nicaragua. One of many rivers in the area of northern Nicaragua that haven't had a flow of water in them for years.
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  • In the village of La Carbonera, near Somoto, Nicaragua, the persistent drought has left villagers without food. Through a project supported by ELCA, a large water tank has been built as part of a small-scale irrigation project for community-based irrigation-fed agriculture. Here Exequiel Viscay checks the tank with his son.
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  • The persistent drought in northern Nicaragua has seen crops fail year after year, but not only harvests are lost, seeds are also lost. In a community project supported by ELCA, a seed bank has been established to safeguard local varieties of beans and maize.
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  • The Rev. Alvarez eats a meal with an audience of house pets near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Rev. Alvarez helps run various programmes to support local communities in the area, including farming, water and sanitation and sport, particularly baseball. He also coaches teams in baseball.
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  • A motorbike crosses the cable bridge over the Rio Coco, Nicaragua's biggest river, now reduced to a gentle stream by the effects of climate change. Women wash clothes here, other streams and wells have dried up years ago.
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  • The Rio Coco, Nicaragua's biggest river, reduced to a gentle stream by the effects of climate change. A boy brings his donkey to drink water, other streams and wells have dried up years ago.
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  • The Rev. Alvarez drinks some pinolillo, a typical drink, as he rests on a hammock near Somotillo, Nicaragua. Rev. Alvarez helps run various programmes to support local communities in the area, including farming, water and sanitation and sport, particularly baseball. He also coaches teams in baseball.
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  • Cable bridge over the Rio Coco, Nicaragua's biggest river, now reduced to a small stream. Climate change, predicted by the IPCC, has brought drought to this region, known as the dry corridor, stretching from Nicaragua through El Salvador and Honduras to Guatemala.
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