Posts Tagged "Spero Foundation"

Notes from McKenna [Part Two: Helping from Home]

Posted by Caitlin on Jan 25, 2012

In June of 2010, McKenna Asakawa traveled to Nicaragua with Al Campo International. The trip has had a huge impact on her. Here, she relates how her exposure to poverty in Nicaragua has motivated her to take action back home through the Spero Foundation. Even from her local high school, McKenna continues to help out Nicaraguan communities. My co-president (who also attended the 2010 trip to Nicaragua) and I were resoundingly impacted by the severe poverty we saw during our day spent at La Chureca (the unsanitary landfill and home to many local trash-pickers and their families) and Colegio...