Life in Urbaite


What is a blessing is our natural resources and the hospitable nature of the people who have little money.
In Nicaragua there is always bean, rice, bananas and fish. We eat beef or pork typically on Sunday because every Saturday there is always fresh meat. Canned things we do not eat much because it is expensive, and there are always fish. This morning I was going fishing for my family. The food here is always almost the same, but many different dishes vary according to the traditions.
I go with my mum to the forest where there are many mangoes, coconut palms in the lava of the volcano.  At the same time we collect a little wood for cooking and termites for the chicks because that is what they eat.

 Wages are very low in Nicaragua and families work in order to feed their families with few able to afford the luxuries we in the UK regard as necessities.  Local wages are just a few dollars a day and people will do a variety of things to make a living.  Alongside the tours that are just beginning, Jose works in a cafe plantation and gives lessons in English and German.  In order to create a business, everything is put back into the setting up and there is none left to fall back on for emergencies such as health costs.



Christmas 2017









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