Especially hard hit were the small fishing villages around Lake Managua in Nicaragua. The current ASI mission is to help one of these villages. About five hundred families populate this village. The streets are dirt. There is little green vegetation.
Dust covers everything.
The one and two room houses are built of found materials without indoor plumbing. There is limited water and electrical access. The village sits on the edge of Lake Managua which until recently has been deem polluted and unfit for fishing. For over a year, this has prevented the fishermen from earning a living. Pigs, goats, cattle, packs of skinny dogs and lots and lots of young children fill the streets.