Si A La Vida and Jonathan Roise: Memories in Celebration of Life

RantWoman is doing sort of end-of-year housekeeping, trying to clear outrageous muddles, tending to fundraising appeals or  in this case , to a Friend going online because she did not receive the usual expected fundraising appeal.

Si A La Vida  website about project that began as a project working with glue-sniffing street kids, boys, in one of the markets in Managua and has survived for 25 years as well as morphing into a program serving both boys and girls. The story is pretty inspiring, though RantWoman notes with slight concern for instance that the annual newsletters stop at 2016.


Video memorial about Si A La Vida founder Jon Roise. Sometimes there is no audio. Sometimes the audio is in English, sometimes in Spanish. Cope. And if blind readers find this video, it is worth asking someone to describe the various texts and photos.

RantWoman notes ruefully that Jon passed away several years ago and RantWoman is only now interacting with the news. That does not change eitherJon's accomplishments or the importance of Si a la Vida

RantWoman remembers this project because during her time as clerk of Peace and Social Concerns, the project was in the process of getting its own 501(c)3 tax status and transitioning to an independent organization instead of being under care of a Meeting. RantWoman is humble to have a very small part in helping that along.