Treasurer
CurrentLa Isla Foundation is focused on addressing the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) epidemic among agricultural workers in Nicaragua and throughout Central America. La Isla Foundation was named after a community called La Isla de las Viudas, or The Island of Widows. In this community, and surrounding communities in and around Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, nearly all the men work at Ingenio San Antonio sugar plantation, which produces biofuel, sugar, and rum. In our last prevalence study, 68% of the men in the 5 communities of Gunacastal Sur have CKD. Two of three men in these communities are affected by this disease and lack adequate treatment, making this disease a death sentence. Further, these men are the breadwinners for their families, who then struggle in poverty and send the sons to follow in their father's footsteps, often suffering the same fate.The cause of this epidemic is unknown. La Isla Foundation facilitates research to find the cause of the CKD epidemic. Working with UNAN-Leon and CISTA, as well as various international institutions, La Isla Foundation is committed to find a solution and a prevention. To learn more about our work and projects, visit us at www.laislafoundation.org. Find out what you can do to be a part of the solution.La Isla work on identifying the source of CKD and the prevention of its devastating effects on affected communities has been featured on several major news outlets, including Reuters; NPR, "The World"; WBEZ, Chicago; and several others. Most recently La Isla was featured on MSNBC with Kerry SaundersHere is the link which you can copy and paste into your browser:http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/16/13867134-in-nicaraguan-sugarcane-community-workers-stare-death-in-the-face?lite "Be Part of the Solution"
