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When Judit Targarona Borrás, executive director of Casas de la Esperanza in Nicaragua, first arrived in La Prusia, she felt as though she had stepped into a different world...
...destitute living conditions in Nicaragua spurred both Borrás and fellow Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Angel Sáenz-Badillos to found Casas de la Esperanza. The nonprofit organization, which was started in Cambridge, offers aid to families living in the outskirts of Granada, Nicaragua, including the semi-urban community La Prusia, which is home to over 200 families. Many of these families face harsh living conditions, squatting in makeshift houses with dirt floors...
...began the Ceramics Micro-Enterprise Project, which proposes to help the people of La Prusia produce traditional clay products in an effort to support the local economy. The charity calls on Harvard students to help in all aspects of the program: from community development to field work, testing clay materials and designing prototype options for village production...
...While the project will initially help the community of La Prusia learn how to make ceramics, an art which was once a part of traditional Nicaraguan culture, the program hopes to eventually extend beyond the potter’s wheel, teaching these families how to market their business in order to obtain a profit...
...course, there are bound to be challenges in any effort to bridge the gap between Harvard and La Prusia, Cambridge and Nicaragua...