Hey y’all! Back at it again with the blog- today we learned about the services we can provide to the communities, such as the difference between aid and development, and how that relates to our CAP project, and more!
We started the day with a 7:00 am wake up call bringing us back to our usual beat. However, we had to ease ourselves by having a calmer schedule than planned. With the groggy weather and sluggish environment we asked for our speaker, Maria Quesada, to come to our hotel instead. Her enthusiastic and passionate attitude made us energetic for the rest of the presentation, as she explained her struggles enduring Hurricane David. As Maria spoke of her resilience through her childhood, she inspired all of us to stay strong through difficulties. Her strong voice and compassion allowed us to have an insight of her philanthropic nature in Constanza.
We quickly crossed the street to a small community center to gain an in depth perspective of aid and development. Alyssa, our GG leader’s wife, opened the floor with an interactive activity called the human knot. This competitive game demonstrated how aid and development functions through the use of communication and strategy. Shortly after, we held a thorough discussion contrasting aid and development. We learned how aid is a temporary relief from an outside source, while development is a long term relief from an inside source. With that information, we understood the balance needed to maintain to create a sustainable relief plan from an outside source to our neighboring community, Rio Grande.
During our CAP meeting, we used previous knowledge to decide on what to create for Rio Grande. We decided to build a recreational park for the community of Rio Grande; we divided into different committees to work on multiple aspects of the project. Additionally, we were finally able to exercise our leadership and independence by exploring the town of Constanza on our own. This marks the halfway point of our trip; we are growing into stronger individuals taking on new responsibilities as global citizens.
Hi Aniya love you one more week and you will be home. I hope your taking photos.
Hi Ally, I finally found my way to this blog and I enjoyed reading the updates on your experiences, with pictures! Have you encountered any interesting plants yet? Can you share any observations? How cool to immerse yourself in this unique environment and meeting local people, thinking about local issues. Can’t wait to hear your stories!
Love the group photos and reading about all of your activities! Hope everyone is feeling better. Take care of each other. Looking forward to seeing you and hearing your stories!
Hey Bell,
Sorry to hear some of you guys are not feeling well. Non the less it looks like you guys are doing lost of interesting things and learning a lot. We’d love to hear how you are doing.
Miss you
Hi Aaren!
We hope you are feeling better! Please call us if you can once you are feeling better and have a break.
Love,
Mom
Hey Bell
I hope you guys are having fun and learning a lot.
And for those who are not feeling to good I hope you get better soon.
Miss you
Your Family
Hi Sheyna,
I hope you are feeling better. Take care. Sorry I missed your call yesterday but glad you were able to talk to mom. We are enjoying reading the blogs . I hope everyone stays healthy and gets better. We love you and miss you. Sapphy’s appointment is moved to next week. Kaylin has been asking about you. We miss you and love you.
Dad, Mom, Kaylin, Sapphy
Hope you get better soon Lucy, love and miss you.
Hi Karan,
Hope u r feeling better!! Rest in for a couple of days!
Let us know how u r doing.
Papa.
Hey Sheyna! Exploring the town sounds fun! Hope you enjoyed your outing.
I hope you are feeling better today. It was wonderful talking to you the other day. We love you and can’t wait to see you soon! Your room is cleaned, and trying to keep the door closed so Sapphy doesn’t mess it up haha!
<3 Momma, Papa, Sheyna and Sapphy
Hi Sharwin, I hope you are learning and enjoying as well. We are on way back home now. Miss you.
Aai and Baba