Packing List

-light weight clothing (it is hot, hot here)*
-light weight jacket or zip front sweatshirt (it can get
cool in the mountains of coffee country or restaurants)
-work clothes (jeans or other long pants, work gloves, closed toed shoes)
-eye protection for working construction
-a nice change of clothing (for females skirt/dress is
preferable for males a nice pair of pants and shirt)
-hat
-sunglasses (spare glasses if you wear contacts)
-a couple of bandanas or something similar
-eye drops (in case the rains have not come...the dust is bad)
-something to sleep in (there is little privacy here)
-sunscreen
-mosquito repellant
-water bottle (a least a liter)
-something to keep money in your clothes or
close to your body, like a money belt
-swimming suit (we have a pool)
-rain poncho (you may be here during the rains)
-shoes that can handle getting wet like 'tevas' or similar
-a flashlight and batteries
-a camera and film (film is available but it is more expensive)
-a notebook or something for a journal
-toiletries (they are a cheaper in the States)
-US driver's license (if you're willing to drive in Nicaragua) -- we
ALWAYS need people to run errands and to drive folks back and
forth to Nueva Vida
-books!
-please do NOT bring laptops, expensive jewelry, or other electronics that you can't afford to lose.
*shorts are fine, but not too short
(Some people bring clothes that they don't care about having in
the future and leave them when they go home for us to distribute.
Also remember you can wash here so don't over pack...a travel
guide said "take half the clothes and twice the money." Well we
never have any money but the clothes thing is correct!)