La Chureca is a trash dump located in Managua, Nicaragua. A large community of people live in the dump. They wait for their basic needs to arrive via garbage trucks. They dig through trash to search for food, clothing, and many other goods that they will take to use as their own or sell for money in order to obtain their basic needs. An interesting part of this is that the best trash comes in bags because the ones that can afford them have the best trash. There are other organizations that have taken initiative in this community to make a difference by providing proper shoes and food. Healthcare is a major deficit in this community; there are limited medical resources as of now. First aid kits would begin the cascasde of building healthcare in this region.

In 2015 Artist Kyle Holbrook with Dr. Susan O’rourke and Educators created a mural with the youth from the school, a one room school K-12. These leaders were painted on the mural by Holbrook, who says “these three were the oldest of the students and their pride/participation in the mural will certainly ensure this mural wil be a powerful source of inspiration, -They did this TOGETHER, ..its more than just a mural.”

Artist Kyle Holbrook inferno of the Masaya Volcano

Masaya Volcano photo by Kyle Holbrook

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