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Archive Home > 2006 > December > 03 > Rising up

Rising up

Bend couple makes it personal mission to aid disadvantaged children of Nicaragua

By Christopher Stollar / The Bulletin
December 3, 2006

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Jesse and Maria Roberts' van bounced across the cobblestone streets of Managua, passing donkeys, horses and signs for Coca-Cola.

The Bend couple drove this August into the outskirts of Nicaragua's capital until they reached La Chureca, the dump.

Here the air smells of....

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