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. Janet Kendall 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. Below are pictures of 2009 student scholars sponsored by people associated with CCUCC. Four photos of 2008 scholars are included below as well.

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2009

Belkiss	Berta	Deyling
Doris	Erling	Ervin
Fatima	Heydi	Jacqueling
Javier	Joel	Juana
Karen	Karla	Kenia
Keyling	Leana	Leonel
Leydi	Mariela	Meraris
Nereyda	Nohelia	Olga
Oscar	Rosa	Santos
Suleydi	Yalmar	Zayda

2008

Escarleth	Karla
Melba	Olga