In western Panama (Plaza de Caizan, Chiriqui), a food distribution/community outreach program is in place and construction is under way for an orphanage. The focus population in Panama is the Ngobe-Bugle indigenous population. Ngobe families receive nutrition and other assistance and abandoned indigenous children are the focus for the orphanage. The Panama mission operates under an association, Manos de Fe (Hands of Faith) which was created by the Board of FSM. The Manos de Fe logo shows the FSM nail cross ad a heart with both the Panamanian and American Flags. Learn More
In Costa Rica, we operate an educational/literacy program and church/community ministry for a local Nicaraguan community (Bajo Tejares, San Ramon de Alejuela). Bajo is a very poor community of Nicaraguans that is rife with poverty, drugs, prostitution, violence and despair. This program has been helping poor Nicaraguan children by introducing them to the love of God through ministry programs and educational assitassistancerently approximately 150 children are being helped daily with reading, math and other subjects. Many children who previously were two or more grades behind in school have excelled and some are actually surpassing their peers in school, but more importantly many now have hope for the future. Learn More