Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Danielle Nicholson & Diamond Josephs
A risky yet adventurous day at Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo. Today was filled with crazy adventures that we would’ve never experienced in Chicago. Our day started with a bumpy ride up the mountains to get to Aguas Blancas, which is the name of the waterfall we...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Emma Smith & Eric Periman
Today’s theme was Aid and Development. The day started off normally with a bright and early (also loud) wakeup call at 7am followed by a delicious, as per usual, breakfast of toast and scrambled eggs made by Dilenia of course. After eating, we fired ourselves up with...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Erin Wavrek and Eden Saraceno
Today was our first “Free Day.” Students had the freedom to explore the city of Constanza with the GGLs. Our stops included the souvenir shop, the basketball court, and the pastry shop. We were able to immerse ourselves in the Dominican culture by delving...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Yu Jing Chen and Eryn Brazil
Today was a very humbling and eye opening day being that it was Immigration Day. This was especially impactful, because some of us are immigrants or children of immigrants ourselves and the themes and topics of today hit close to home. Our mission was to understand...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Nancy Nunez and Alexander Roman
(7/30/17 2:45 ET Updated with photos) Today was “living like a local day,” which meant we had to live in extreme poverty; for context, this is considered roughly the equivalent of $2.00 per day. For us, this meant no electricity, no running water, and...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Grace and Ariana (and Diamond)
On this misty morning, we worked like day laborers by helping out in a vegetable greenhouse. While getting involved, we learned about agricultural business between the DR and the US by touring a cucumber exporting company called Agro Marketing. Today, with the help of...
Posted in Constanza1 - 7/25/2017 by Andrew (GGL)
Whew! What. A. Day! We started with a 7:00 am wake up call and were treated to a delicious breakfast of mini sandwiches of ham, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes while slightly toasted with some refreshing fruit punch. From breakfast we went through our mental warm-up, to...
