Community Congregational United Church of Christ

A Just Peace, Open and Affirming Church

Nicaraguan Scholars Program

The Nicaraguan Scholars Program helps fund youth enrollment in school. Monica Peters, Director of Christian Education at CCUCC, coordinates this effort which involves a total of 39 sponsors/students. Sponsors live all around the US, but the program is centrally organized out of Pullman (WA), McCall (ID) and Seattle. Brady Hamilton, a former CCUCC youth group member, became a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua and started this program while there. Brady's parents now live in McCall. Another Peace Corps volunteer, Jessica Neff, followed Brady and continued the program. Her parents are from Seattle. Now the program is run on that end by a young Nicaraguan woman who worked with Jessica. The sponsors pay the Nicaraguan woman a small stipend each year to select scholars and have them write letters to their U.S. sponsors. The program is completing its 4th year and the 5th year will begin in January 2005. Below are pictures of the four student scholars sponsored by people associated with CCUCC. They are Escarleth, Karla, Melba, and Olga.

Escarleth	Karla
Melba	Olga