Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Natalia Ramirez
Hello Everyone! My name is Natalia Ramirez. I am a sixteen year old attending Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, Ca. I was leader of the day for the second fun day today and it was really fun. Today we woke up at 7:30 am and left our hotel at 8:30 am to...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Christine and Ani
Today was immigration day and we learned about the border situation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We woke up at 6:30, ate breakfast, and took a one-hour ride on the gua-gua (bus) to the border. We were accompanied by RFJS, a bi-national organization which...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Valeria Gutierrez and Victory Onyekwere
Before we had to plan out our project we started with the 3D’s which stands for Discovery, Design, and Deliver. We discovered by going into the communities and asking for what they wanted, and we found out that what they wanted was a park. Our design process was...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Bianca Muñoz & Andrea Valencia
Hi my name is Bianca Muñoz and I am from Redwood City, California. I am 17 years old and currently attend Sequoia High School. Hola, my name is Andrea Valencia, I am from Oakland, California. I am 17 years old and I currently attend Oakland High School. Today, we...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by De'zha Boynton and Bianca Onyekwere
Hello our future and present Glimpsers, our names are De’zha and Bianca and we were the leaders of the day for global business. Today we went to the Sugar Cane factory called The Consorcio en Barahona, Unfortunately we were not able to see the actual Bateys due...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Greg Huynh
Hey everyone! I’m Greg and I was the leader of the day on August 6. It was our last free day for the whole trip. After waking up and eating breakfast at Onaney’s, we went back to the hotel and had an academic seminar on Global Business. We learned that the...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 7/27/2015 by Juliana & Jane!
Jane: Today’s wake-up call was at 6 AM. Which is never a good sign. But despite the sleep still in our eyes and with our legs dragging behind us, we made it to the IDIAF, a research institute on agriculture, ready for the challenges that lay ahead. Today we...
