Posted in Bonao - 07/22/2014 by Carol Alcazar
Hello! My name is Carol Alcazar and I had the honor to be leader of the day for CAP 3. CAP stands for Community Action Program where we do a community service project for Rio Blanco, a place in the mountains. Today was a very challenging but very interesting...
Posted in Jinotega - 07/21/2014 by Jennifer Nguyen and Jalisa Tucker
Hey it’s Jalisa and Jennifer with an update of our Community Action Project (CAP) Day #2. Our painting group was able to finish their mural for Villa La Cruz. Our gardening group was able to put up the fence post and over turn the soil in order to plant seeds...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Elishawon Wimbish and Apphia Harrison
Today started off a bit rocky waking everyone up after a long day yesterday, but we still kept to our schedule. We first headed to Onaney’s for desayuno (breakfast) before getting down to business. For two hours we planned and prepared to present to Saboneta our idea...
Posted in Esteli2 - 07/25/2014 by Ashley Hackett and Maria Roble
It’s been a long day working as a local starting with our wake up at 4 in the morning which surprisingly contained giggles and smiles. We left the hostel at 5am and watched the sunrise on our way to La Garnacha, a community farm where 32 families live. Once, we got...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 07/18/2014 by Ricardo Cuevas-Torres
Ricky’s Blog Today was our last free day of the trip. We woke up at 8:00 A.M., an hour or two later than we usually get up, which gave us more time to sleep. Then, we ate pancakes for breakfast with watermelon, bananas and papaya. Everyone was prepared to go out...
Posted in Granada - 07/23/2014 by Roxana Gonzalez
We began another one of our busy days here at Granada, Nicaragua at 7:00am. We got ready and went over to El Comedor for our delicious breakfast. This morning we had black beans, tortilla chips, “nachos,” and some sour cream with some very tasty lemonade....
Posted in Leon2 - 07/23/2014 by Jenny Shen and Andy Xiu
Jenny Shen’s perspective: Sometimes the most significant source of growth arises from unfavorable conditions. As co-Student Leader of the Day, I found myself grappling with internal conflicts, group responsibility, and human existence. There’s a common saying in the...
