Day 11: Free Day #2

“Let us pick up our books and pens. They are the most powerful weapons. One child, one book, one pen and one teacher can change the world” – Malala Yousafzai Today, we woke up at 8:30 AM and for breakfast, we had sandwiches and strawberry smoothies....

Day 10: Adventure Fun Day!

Today, we all woke up bright and early at 8:30 am and were greeted with a hearty breakfast of pancakes with strawberries and papayas! Because of the weather, instead of hiking up mountains, Brian and I planned a whole day of team bonding activities. At 10:00 am, we...

Day 9: Deconstructing Poverty

Today we all started the day bright and early by having the first wake up call at 6:30. Our host Dilenia made us a delicious breakfast (eggs with mixed vegetables and peppers, toast with strawberry jam, and hot chocolate) at 7am . Afterwards we had our mental warm up...

Day 8: Immigration Day

“The more you can increase fear of immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.” – Noam Chomsky Greetings from Constanza. Hey there families! It’s Nicole and Wayne updating the blog! Today’s wake up call was at 7:30,...

Day 7: Living Like A Local

“Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.” — Mark Twain Today’s experience of living like a local started of with off with waking up at...