Nicaragua Mission Project
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Sr. Terisita's Orphanage
In 1999, after hurricane Mitch, Sr. Terisita began taking care of all kids that people were bringing her. She had no food nor clothing and no room to accomodate them all. In the beginning, there weren't enough beds and some children had to sleep on the floor. Some crude buildings have been built in the last few years;
Each dorm and play area has two nuns and a director in charge. A good size kitchen area feeds everyone three meals a day. Sr. recently received ten computers with Spanish keyboards and ten typewriters through a grant from Japan. Their sewing center began with machines from Western New York and continues to grow with machines from Japan. |
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In
1996, Sr. Terisita came to the town of Las Neublas and occupied a restaurant
that had been vacated. The young girls from the mountains whom she was training
to be nuns came with her and she
built
them a place to live. Terisita began collecting kids from the
streets and orphans that were neglected or abused. 
one of
which is a play area for children in case it rains. The younger children stay
there for pre-school and first grade and the older ones go out to school and
come back to study, play, eat and sleep.
The
living quarters are divided into three sectors according to age, consisting of a
dorm with bunk beds and a play area, a place for holding their clothes and
personal belongings, a bathroom and laundry area, consisting of two or three
concrete sinks with a built in washboard. Every child from seven years and older
is responsible for washing their own clothes. They do get some help, however.