Recent posts from: Jinotega – 06/29/2014


Poverty Day!


Monday was the infamous and highly esteemed Poverty Day, and I’d like to think I was fully prepared for the emotional strings attached to being leader of the day. In essence, the day revolves around the delegation traveling to El Basurero (or local dump), and learning...

Living On a Dollar a Day


The day Celeste and I chose to be leaders of was “Living on a Dollar a Day.” This day was very emotional and heart hitting for everyone in the Global Glimpse group, but ended up being fun and everyone ended the day with a smile. The day began the night...

Aid and Development Day


Hola to our fellow readers of our blog regarding our experience in the city of Jinotega. Since today was our Aid and Development Day, we had two guest speakers in the morning and afternoon. The speakers in the morning were from the Peace Corps, whose mission is to...

Shadow a High School Student Day


Hola to all of the families reading our blog posts! Today was our 4th day in Nicaragua and we had the chance to shadow a high school student at a local school here in Jinotega. We began our day off by waking up early at 5:30 in the morning and after a big delicious...

Education Day


Las Lideres Del Dia de Educacion As first student “Las Lideres Del Dia” we had a very, very fun day to manage. After waking up at 6:45 to wake everyone up at 7, we ate egg sandwiches and watermelon and pineapple! 🙂 We were very excited about the fruits....