Fun day (Volcano)

Today, the group was scheduled to visit the volcano,”Cerro Negro”, and was challenged to hike up approximately 2,000 feet. This visit challenged the group to face their fear of heights and individually challenge ourselves to reach the top. Although this...

Working Like A Local

Dear Friends and Family, Sophie and Malia here! It’s officially been one week since we have arrived in Nicaragua, and it has been a very educational experience thus far. Today was “Working Like a Local” day, or Global Business Day. We had the amazing...

Living like a Local

Today we woke up at 7 and the topic of the day was living like a local. We got to experience what it’s like to live like a local from Leon Nicaragua in the community Thomas Borges. We were not allowed to spend more than $2 which is equivalent to 60 cordobas for...

El Dia Libre

Throughout the day we had free time, “El Dia Libre” where we got to explore more about Nicaragua, Leon. Today was also my first time being a leader and I did put to much pressure on myself but I was still able to learn many things about being a leader such...

Deconstructing Poverty

Hello Family and Friends, This is Tammy and Tiffany. Today was truly an emotional day as we worked to deconstruct the cycle of poverty and begin our aid and development. Our first activity after breakfast was the Privilege Walk, in which we vulnerably discussed the...