Nicaragua: The Medici Project

Community Partner: The Medici Project and CTG Foundation

Trip Dates: March 9-16, 2024

Location: El Tránsito, Nicaragua

Number of Participants: 15

Price: $2000

Included in participant fee:

All logistical and travel expenses: All transportation costs (including transportation to and from John Glenn Columbus International Airport), roundtrip flights to and from Nicaragua, in-country transportation in Nicaragua, and overnight lodging at Sacred Sand Hostel for the duration of the trip.
The Medici Project program fees for facilitating week of service/alternative break experience.
GeoBlue Supplemental International Insurance enrollment and coverage for duration of trip/travel.
Buck-I-SERV supplies/swag: Individual items (t-shirts, water bottles, pens, and reflection booklets for each group member) and group items (first aid kit, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, deck of playing cards, and thank you card for community partner).
Buck-I-SERV Events and Training: Spring Kick-Off and Welcome Back events with catering and pre-trip education and training.
Three group meals per day during trip and some group activities (ex: surf lessons and tide pool excursion).

Travel and housing:

Participants will fly roundtrip to and from Managua, Nicaragua
Upon arrival in Managua, the group will be picked up via shuttle and transported to El Tránsito. Shuttles will be arranged for transportation throughout the week.
Housing is accommodated at Sacred Sand Hostel in El Tránsito.
A packing list will be provided to participants and discussed during pre-trip meetings leading up to departure.

What to expect:

Participants will partner with the Medici Project and CTG Foundation to support initiatives aimed at providing access to clean water and education.
The CTG Foundation is committed to helping communities break the cycle of generational poverty by taking a holistic, relational, and long-term approach, and it all starts with access to clean water.
The CTG Foundation provides safe drinking water by digging deep water wells on community property secured legally with the local government. This improves community health although families still need to walk to the water source and carry their water back to their home. CTG Foundation also distributes safe drinking water to individual homes by building a reservoir and piping system connected to a previously dug well. This improves access to clean water as it is piped directly to their home location versus them needing to carry heavy containers to their homes.
In addition to clean water access initiatives, CTG coordinates additional community-based projects on a case-by-case basis such as hygiene workshops, women’s health classes, emergency food distribution, community garden resources, sustainable farming education, renovation projects for local school buildings, supporting after-school programs, organizing sports programs and more.
Please note: A valid passport is necessary at time of application for this INTERNATIONAL trip. Passports must have expiration date of at least 6 months after the return date of the trip (ex: September 2024).