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Nicaragua Service Project

With Enrich Missions
August 6-15, 2026

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Project Highlights

A Special Service Project

Have you ever dreamed of making a meaningful impact on the lives of others while embarking on a life-changing journey of your own? Ends Adventures and Enrich Missions invites you to step out of your comfort zone and into the world of service, compassion, and transformation. This 7-day in-country service project will give you an opportunity to prepare and serve nutritious meals for hungry children, teach Bible lessons, encourage youth to follow Jesus, and so much more. 

Cost:

  • $2300* (includes flight from Miami to Nicaragua, food, lodging, and travel expenses.
    • *Subject to change based on flights at the time of purchase).
  • Does not include food while traveling, transportation to Fort Myers, FL, or souvenirs.)

Payment Schedule:

  • $60 due at time of application for background check (required for everyone under the age of 18)
  • $750 due by April 15 to secure your spot on this trip
  • Remaining balance due by June 1

Age Restriction: 10+ (all minors must be accompanied by a parent)

Questions?  Check out the rest of the page or email Event Director, Christal Haner at CHaner@EndsAdventures.com .

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Service In Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the second poorest nation in the western hemisphere and families are forced to make challenging decisions when it comes to their children’s education. Public schooling is free to walk in the door, but parents need to provide uniforms, books, school supplies and more, all while living on an average of $2 a day. Because of this, 70% of students who begin first grade drop out before they reach sixth grade.

Enrich Missions extends Christ’s love to children living in extreme poverty so that they can fully engage their educational opportunities. Since founding in 2015, we’ve been doing that in a number of different ways — Nutrition, Enrichment, Tutoring & Medical/Dental Care — all while speaking the salvation message of hope, love and life in Jesus Christ.

We learned early that it is hard to learn when you’re hungry, so the foundation of our ministry is our Nutrition Program. Students are served a hot, nutritious lunch three times a week, along with a multivitamin. Enrich Missions works to ensure that our students have a diverse menu of proteins, fruit, veggies and other things they don’t have access to at home.

Our Enrichment Classes provide our students with extracurricular classes like Ballet, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Library Time, Computers and Art. Tutoring is offered to anyone who needs it by partnering with local college students who volunteer their time. Our students receive regular medications for their overall wellness like anti-parasite medications and fluoride treatments to stop cavities.

Our goal has always been to make our Enrichment Center replicable and branch out to reach more students in more areas. People-resources are important as we move forward into more spaces so that we don’t burn out our staff. Each location will also need startup resources to get the ball rolling. Hiring and training staff, plus outfitting each new project area is our current need.

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Project Information

AT A GLANCE

Project Type

VBS-style school outreach, feeding program, and light manual labor

Project Difficulty

SUBTLE

We have 5 Service Project difficulty levels. Learn more.

Arrival Airport

Suggested Fly In: Aug 6
Southwest Florida Int. Airport (RSW)

Orientation

Dinner on Aug 6 and
all day Aug 7

In Country Dates

Aug 8-15

Lodging Type

Hotel - no A/C, but temperate area. Fans available

Our version of "glamping": we provide indoor lodging for orientation and all nights of the tour within the sanctuary of a church along the tour route. Hotels are an optional cost to you. You will be responsible for getting yourself to and from the hotel.

Registration Closes

June 1

Begins At

New International
2701 Cleveland Ave. #200
Fort Myers, FL 33901

Return to U.S.A.

Aug 15 (To Fort Myers, FL)

Departure Airport

Suggested Fly out: Aug 16
Southwest Florida Int. Airport (RSW)
(Home to your final destination)

Cost

$2,300 - subject to change based on flights at the time of purchase

Age Restrictions

10+ (all minors must be accompanied by a parent)

Funding pledge

None

We provide lots of resources to help you reach your funding pledge. Learn more.
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Where the money goes

Not to Ends Adventures

This trip is paid for only by those who choose to attend. Tax deductible receipts and year end giving statements are provided to all ministry service project participants.  Find our more about our financial transparency and accountability standards on our About page.

Project Itinerary

yes we'll stop for Coffee

Participants should fly into Southwest Regional International Airport (RSW).  We will schedule airport pick ups at designated times for you.

All participants are required to participate in this important cross-cultural orientation at our Center for Global Outreach Campus.  

As a group, we will all travel to the Miami International Airport (MIA) and fly to Nicaragua together. 

These will be our in-country days where we will be serving with Enrich Missions at their Nicaragua Headquarters in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. 

As a group, we will all fly back to the United States (Miami International Airport (MIA)) and drive back to Fort Myers. We will have an important debrief there of our time together and stay the night at our Center for Global Outreach Campus. 

NOTE: If you live in Fort Myers, you are welcome to stay at your own house that night. 

Participants are welcome to fly home from Southwest Regional International Airport (RSW) on this day. 

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What's Included

Only The Good Stuff

  • Working on a team in a cross-cultural setting.
  • Try out different kinds of serving: prepare and serve a meal for 150-200 kids, teach Bible lessons at a local school, test your handyman skills during a small work project.
  • Finish the week with a visit to a local coffee plantation.
  • Orientation and debrief lodging will be on New International campus. Includes a bed (may or may not be in a private room, bedding, towel, air-conditioning.
  • Lodging in Nicaragua will be in a clean, simple hotel. No air-conditioning, but ceiling fans in most rooms. Bedding, towels, private/semi-private bathrooms included.
  • All orientation meals provided (Dinner August 5-Breakfast August 7)
  • All meals in Nicaragua included (breakfast/dinner each day at the hotel and lunch with the children at Enrich headquarters). 
  • Special meal at the coffee plantation
  • Debrief pizza party
  • NOT INCLUDED: All meals, snacks, and drinks while traveling.
  • Pre-trip training and prayer meetings
  • Orientation: bond with your team, prepare for entering into a new culture, and have a whole lot of fun.
  • Flights to/from Nicaragua, meals for orientation/debrief and all in-country meals (excluding meals/snacks/drinks while traveling)
  • Lodging in Fort Myers and in Nicaragua
  • Pick-up and drop-off at RSW International Airport 
  • Travel insurance
  • Ends Adventures recommends only using bottled water or purified water provided by hosts while overseas.
  • Exercise caution with all personal items and keep wallet, in front pocket to prevent petty theft.
  • No vaccines are required or suggested, however, speak to your healthcare provider for recommendations if you so choose.
  • Avoid discussing politics publicly or on social media.
  • Do not give your personal information to anyone without the express permission of our hosts.
  • Medical care is available in Matagalpa if needed.
  • Ends Adventures classified this Service Project as a difficulty level 2.
  • Traveling to another country can be challenging. In Nicaragua the challenges an American would face are:
    • Cultural differences (food, customs, money, primary language spoken is Spanish)
    • Work load (some projects may require one to do activities outside of their normal skill-set like cooking, cleaning, VBS teaching, public speaking, etc.)
    • No air-conditioning in the sleeping quarters can be challenging for some.
    • Overall the challenge is minimal with a good attitude and proper expectations.
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