The mission of 1 Starfish is to equip all impoverished children in San Jorge, Nicaragua, with school uniforms and supplies so they can attend school and to create sewing jobs within the same community.

Nicaragua, the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, has free public schools, but families must provide basic supplies like clothing, notebooks, and pens. It costs about $50 per year to outfit one child, which for many people is more than one month's salary and therefore an insurmountable obstacle. Currently an education is an impossible dream for about half of the children in San Jorge (pop. 5,000). The purpose of this project is to ensure that all San Jorge children can be equipped with the basic supplies necessary to attend school and to stimulate the local economy by creating sewing jobs.

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