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Leadership and Learning: Community Action Project Day 1!

Leadership and Learning: Community Action Project Day 1!

Helloooo!!!!!!!  Aidan and Elizabeth here! The wake-up call today was at 7 am, but we got up at 6:45 am. Actually, Elizabeth got up at 6:00 am. Aidan’s alarm was set for 6:45 pm (Elizabeth had to wake up Aidan) LOL. After organizing the group for breakfast, we left for Martiniano Guerrero Freire School at ... READ MORE


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History Day

Hello friends and family, Today we learned more about Costa Rican history during our day in the city of Cartago. We enjoyed our breakfast of pancakes and scrambled eggs before leaving by bus to Cartago. Our tour, led by our passionate guide Alvaro, began in the town center. We moved to the ruins of an old church, which was built in the colonial... READ MORE

Day 12: Free Day!!!

Today was a blast as we had a whole free day to ourselves as we came near the end of this trip. We have been making all the memories that we’re able to during these past 12 days which passed by like a flash. Starting off the day, we gained an entire extra hour of extra sleep giving us a chance to sleep in after completing our Delegations... READ MORE

Day 7: Aid and Development

Hello everyone! After waking up at 6:30, we all ate a hearty breakfast consisting of ham and cheese sandwiches, bananas, and tamarind juice. Following our first meal, we conducted our mental warm-up for today, which allowed students to prepare for an information session with Plan Yaque, a non-governmental organization situated in Jarabacoa that... READ MORE

Day 4 = Aid and Development

After our usual wake-up time  – 7 am – we ate a hefty oatmeal breakfast. Then we proceeded to do our mental warm-up up where we discussed aid and multiple types of development. We then took a short bus ride to the local community center where our leader Ruth discussed more about aid and development, along with showing us photos of... READ MORE