Operation Nicaragua
Be part of our legacy by aiding lifeguard operations in Playa Colorado with Nica Heartbeat Dates are March 7 – 14, 2024. Applications close Jan 14, 2024.
Be part of our legacy by aiding lifeguard operations in Playa Colorado with Nica Heartbeat Dates are March 7 – 14, 2024. Applications close Jan 14, 2024.
Meet ISLA Watch Commander, Nick Schriver from East Bay Regional Park District in California.
ISLA Watch Commander Vasili Pleqi from Jacksonville Beach, Florida shares his experience lifeguarding in Nicaragua for Semana Santa.
Meet ISLA global volunteer and Lifeguard, Hannah Wrenn from Florida as she shares her ISLA experience in Nicaragua.
Did you know that around the globe, 2 people drown every minute? This is a statistic that is not only recognized by the World Health Organization as an epidemic, but one that needs to stop! DROWNING IS PREVENTABLE! And these deaths can be prevented through awareness, education and taking action. Want to help us take action to #StopDrowning ?
Meet ISLA Lifeguard, Alexis Fender. Alexis shares her experience lifeguarding in Nicaragua during Semana Santa.
Get to know ISLA Project Coodinator & Huntington Beach Jr. Guard Instructor Dave “Wags” Wagner from California, USA.
Get to know ISLA volunteer Lauren Badenhoop. She started lifeguarding in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and was deployed to keep the beaches safe in Nicaragua.
The ISLA team is excited to announce the Semana Santa 2014 Volunteer Lifeguard Projects in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic! 2014 marks the 6th Semana Santa Project in Nicaragua in partnership with the Nicaraguan Red Cross, and the 3rd Semana Santa Project in The Dominican Republic in coordination with the Dominican Civil Defense. We are […]
City of Huntington Beach Jr. Guard Instructor Morgan McGowan shares his experience as a Global Lifeguard for ISLA.
Learn more about ISLA Co-founder and City of Huntington Beach Junior Lifeguard Instructor Pete Eich.
ISLA volunteers will be working along side the Nicaraguan Red Cross during the 2013 Easter Holiday. Semana Santa (as it is known in Central America) is a four-day holiday that is know for its alarming drowning rates. This Project marks the 5th year that ISLA volunteers will be standing guard with their Nicaraguan brothers. ISLA […]
Interested in travel? Volunteering? Doing something meaningful and long lasting? Join ISLA on our latest voluntourism trips to Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic this Easter season. We have been making trips, and training lifeguards, thus reducing the drowning rates in these areas by offering classes, equipment, and studliness. We are changing the ocean safety scene […]
So I woke up this morning in a hammock, on a balcony, in a tree-house with the taste of salt in my mouth. Before opening my eyes I could not only hear the waves, but feel them, our justly named “tree-house”/lifeguard tower was located directly on the shore. How did I get here? I had been in […]
Raquel Lizarraga from California, USA explains what it’s like to be an ISLA volunteer in Nicaragua.
Meet Samir Aleman. Samir is an eighteen year-old volunteer for the Red Cross of Nicaragua. Samir has been volunteering for the Red Cross since he was 9 years old, and has been volunteering as a lifeguard since he was 15. This past Spring, Samir was involved in one of ISLA lifeguard courses to help strengthen […]
Meet Nicaragua’s Bayardo Sandoval, a veteran Red Cross volunteer for his country and a recently certified ISLA lifeguard: Bueno naci en Corinto hace veinticinco años. Soy Nicaraguense. Desde nino me gustava la adrenalin alas emosiones. Me gusta de pocas palabras entre ala Cruz Roja hace cinco años soy Salvavidas y Socorrista. Me gusta saver que […]
Nick Mitchell shares his experience as a humanitarian lifeguard during Semana Santa in Nicaragua.
ISLA Lifeguard Fulgencio “Jesus” Montrel explains the importance of establishing a culture of aquatic safety and his experience as lifeguard in Nicaragua.
Words from Miguel Espinales a Red Cross volunteer of Nicaragua: Hola, mi nombre es Miguel Espinales, tengo 21 años de edad. Soy de Chinandega Nicaragua estudiando una licenciatura en educación en la Universidad de León, del mismo país. Yo he trabajado con la Cruz Roja Nicaragüense como socorrista voluntario desde enero de 2007. Durante los […]
Equipment for ISLA Lifeguards donated from Quiksilver Foundation at the Red Cross HQ in Nicaragua. ISLA Lifeguards on watch in El Transito Beach, Nicaragua. ISLA Lifeguards Julie and Pat. Leaving Quiksilver supplies to our Red Cross friends in Nagarote. During ISLA’s 2012 Easter holiday lifeguard trips to the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, the Quiksilver Foundation […]
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