Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets Filming Locations
Where was Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets filmed? Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets was filmed in 1 locations across Nicaragua in the following places:
Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets Filming Locations
Granada is a Nicaraguan city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. It’s home to multiple Spanish colonial landmarks that have survived repeated pirate invasions. The city’s main plaza, Central Park, is dominated by the colorful, neoclassical facade of the Cathedral of Granada, originally dating to 1583. The Centro Cultural Convento San Francisco nearby is famed for its displays of pre-Columbian statues.
Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets (2008)
Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, Nicaragua's oldest city, Granada, is mired in unemployment, poverty and violence. It is the poorest city in Central America where 80% of the population survives on less than $1 per day. The picturesque streets are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to crime and drug addiction. The drug of choice due to its affordability and accessibility: glue-sniffing. With no means of receiving an education, learning basic job skills or finding employment, these kids are left with no options and no hope.