Project Gettysburg León has had an active summer in several different ways. We have continued our broad support for orphanages, after-school programs and the arts in Nicaragua. In Gettysburg, we have the upcoming Salsa On…
Project Gettysburg León’s mission includes the idea of cross-cultural communication and exchange with its sister city in Nicaragua. Many things have made that more difficult in the past few years. The political situation in Nicaragua…
PGL continues to provide support for a daily meal for children at a local orphanage in the city, where sixty children attend pre-school and fifteen children live on site. For some of these kids, this…
Working together with other organizations, PGL has provided three beautiful new murals at the school for children with disabilities in Sutiaba. One of these mural faces the garden and in fact depicts the life of…
PGL continues to support food gardens at two schools in Leon, one of them at the school for children with disabilities in the city barrio of Sutiaba. These programs provide gardening skills training for some…
PGL is helping with support of food gardens projects in two rural communities of Chontales. Nicaragua. One is named Cuscuas and the other is Masigue. Family gardens projects in this region not only…
Project Gettysburg Leon supports two projects that work with at-risk young people and in the past decade has supported dozens of such projects. We currently cover costs for a social worker at a center…
Project Gettysburg Leon held a very successful fundraiser and auction at the home of the organization's co-founder Karl Mattson on July 8th. Besides being a terrific social event, it was an opportunity to wander…
Project Gettysburg Leon sponsors two gardens projects at two different schools, one in the barrio of Sutiaba at the school for children with disabilities and one at a public school just outside of the city.…
In 2021, PGL working together with Nicaraguan artists created one of the most beautiful large-scale murals in the country. This mural is located on a plaza adjacent to the Leon Cathedral, which is a…