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In 2005, Colorado-residing musician Brad Corrigan ventured to Nicaragua to join Denver’s Greenwood Community Church to connect with an orphanage through his music.

Thinking the trip would be a quick, fun adventure, the artist of the beloved jam-rock group Dispatch had no idea what was coming for him. Hopping into his cab, a Nicaraguan taxi driver named Bismark Rocha learned why Corrigan had made the trek to his country and insisted there were other children who needed his help more. Corrigan responded, “Well, where?”

As Rocha drove Corrigan to the La Chureca trash dump in Managua, the American had no idea what to think of the strange animals, total disorganization and beautiful children running around barefoot. Realizing that this was where these children and their families lived and worked, Corrigan instantly knew his life was never going to be the same, and the seed idea for