More than 500,000 Nicaraguan refugees have poured into Costa Rica escaping the violent repression of the Sandinista regime since 2018. Most who cross the border arrive with little more than the clothes on their backs and their personal story of how they avoided being shot by FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional) forces. 500+ unarmed citizens have been killed in Nicaragua by the corrupt Sandinista military and police, as well as pro-government neighborhood mobs (paramilitaries and CPC’s) keeping Daniel Ortega in power.
In response to this migration crisis Corner of Love has established a new headquarters close to the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border to provide urgently needed relief to refugees who are arriving tired, hungry, and emotionally raw as they experience the devastating sadness of leaving behind their homeland and loved ones.
Consider joining a Corner of Love team and be a part of their new beginning in life. Our groups stay near Dreams Las Mareas in Costa Rica and each participant purchases their own flight into LIR, Liberia, Costa Rica.
Team members volunteer daily to organize supplies and set up the relief center to serve migrant families and have the opportunity to meet and pray with Nicaraguans on their refugee journey. Volunteers help create files to document medical, nutritional, and safety needs, take pictures, and record items received by vulnerable families.
Our teams also provide shoes, clothing, medicine, towels, blankets, school supplies, toiletries, and more. At the same time, the mission offers chartered buses for refugees to travel to and from Costa Rica’s capital city of San José, and other towns.
Since the year 2000, Corner of Love has been lending hands to serve Nicaraguans in need, leading as many as 30 medical-dental-optical groups per year to impoverished areas. We have also built numerous schools, churches, and even outfitted our own hospital and clinic in San Ramon. Though we are sad to see the current level of danger near our headquarters in Nicaragua, we hope you’ll be a part of this special season of mission in northern Costa Rica.
Corner of Love is needed now more than ever due to the unrest in Nicaragua. Please join us!