Day 10: Immigration

Today’s blog was written by our Líderes del Día: Kimberly and Michelle ¡Hola! We are Michelle and Kimberly and today we were leaders of the day. Today’s main focus was on immigration, specifically Haitian immigration in the Dominican Republic. In the morning we...

Day 9: Living Like a Local

Leilani V: It all began the night before where we were crowned leaders of the day and the lights were shut off – this means that we had to lead the nightly meeting by candlelight. Before lights out our buckets had to be filled in preparation of bucket bathing as...

Day 8: Deconstructing Poverty

Today we woke up bright and early at 6:30am to visit the Constanza City Dump. There were many thoughts in our heads as to what we would see and on our arrival were surprised by the many houses and tents around the area.The residents and workers were all very friendly...

Day 7: Adventure Fun Day

Today’s blog was written by our Líderes del Día: Cameron and Crystal Adventure day is the 6th day on our trip in Constanza. We woke up at 7:30 and enjoyed a hearty breakfast of plantains with onions, fried eggs, and carrot and beet juice. Instead of taking the...

Day 6: A Fun Adventure in Constanza

Todays blog was written by our Líder del Día: Stacy  Today was our first free day to wander around Constanza. After breakfast, we had two hours of free time until we had to meet for lunch. For the first hour, we went into our groups and discussed and planned out our...