Recent posts from: Granada1 – 7/22/2017


Living Like a Local Day


Hello everyone, we were the Leaders of the day for our Living Like a Local Day. Today, wake up call was at 5:45 am and we took a bus to Don Carlos’ restaurant for breakfast where we had a simple local’s breakfast of gallo pinto and a glass of water....

DAY 7: Free Day Numero Uno!


**This post is a day late due to our power outage last night** Hello everyone, My name is Jared Franklin and I was the leader of the day for our first free day! During free day, we split up into two big groups and went around Granada and did some sight seeing and...

Global Business Day/Work Like a Local


What is the difference between being a boss and being a leader? That is the question we asked ourselves through todays journey as working like a local and throughout our experience we were able to get some truly inspiring answers. Today was full of emotions and life...

Deconstructing Poverty


“The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice.” -Bryan Stevenson. This being said, today’s theme was poverty. Through today’s activities, we were made aware of the extreme differences between the poverty here...

Education Day and Shadowing a High School Student


“Worldwide 780 million adults and 103 million young people (ages 15-24) are illiterate.” Today on Education Day, we were able to see the importance and power that attaining an education can provide. Glimpsers were able to differentiate the school culture...

Culture and fun day


Relax, your children are fine. This is Nia and Kelly writing to you from Granada! It is extremely hot and humid and there are many bugs, but also many amazing things as well. Here in the colorful streets of Granada your teens are now excited about things we would...

History & City Tour Day!


Hello Friends and Family of G1C! Athalia, one of the two Global Glimpse Program Coordinators here! Today was our first full day in Granada and to celebrate the occasion, we took the city by storm and got to know a little bit about the history of Granada and Nicaragua...