There are a few possibilities for spending a summer, semester, or extended internship in Nicaragua [1]. Programs range from biological fieldwork at remote research stations to language training and social justice programs. You’ll find additional listings at www.studyabroad.com [2].
School for International Training has been running a semester program in Managua [3] for years, entitled “Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society” (U.S. tel. 888/272-7881, www.sit.edu [4]).
World Leadership School (www.worldleadershipschool.org [5]), based in Denver, Colorado, has extensive experience with international travel, leadership training, and managing student groups overseas and sometimes offers trips for teens in Nicaragua.
On La Isla de Ometepe [6], near the village of San Ramón Estación Biológica de Ometepe (www.lasuerte.org [7]) is a biological field station frequented by student groups and researchers from all over the world.
At the Mariposa Eco-Hotel and Spanish School [8] (www.spanishschoolnica.com [9]), the owner Paulette Goudge, PhD, offers a three-month course in the “Politics of Development.”
Links:
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/nicaragua
[2] http://www.studyabroad.com
[3] http://www.moon.com/destinations/nicaragua/managua
[4] http://www.sit.edu
[5] http://www.worldleadershipschool.org
[6] http://www.moon.com/destinations/nicaragua/ometepe-and-rivas/la-isla-de-ometepe
[7] http://www.lasuerte.org
[8] http://www.moon.com/destinations/nicaragua/masaya/the-pueblos-blancos-and-carazo/mariposa-ecohotel
[9] http://www.spanishschoolnica.com