A group representing the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation will begin a State Department-sponsored exchange program in Nicaragua on Sunday that will train coaches and baseball players in Nicaragua, and later this summer, bring Nicaraguan children to Maryland for agricultural training and a baseball camp.
Funded by the SportsUnited division of the State Department, Ripken Foundation representatives will teach wellness and sports to Nicaraguan children in neglected areas of the Western Hemisphere's second-poorest country.
"We are excited to present this unique opportunity as a way to positively affect the lives of children not just in the United States, but all over the world," Cal Ripken, Sr.