Jul 26, 2016 | Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 |
Today was a day we all knew would be hard. The theme was Poverty Day, which is not an easy topic, no matter who’s talking. We woke up on the early side to be at breakfast by 7, quickly eating so we could talk about our Question of the Day. Our QoTD: What is...
Jul 25, 2016 | Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 |
Bienvenidos Chicago! Another great day in Matagalpa. The theme of today was Aid and Development; we had long engaging discussions about how to properly address issues in the developing world from our position and meaningfully look at these problems not as static...
Jul 24, 2016 | Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 |
Hola somos Grace y Romi! Today, we woke up to a decadant breakfast of pancakes with fruit-not your typical rice and beans. With breakfast came a show as we fed the resident turtle some delicious watermelon. After breakfast and a show, we ventured out of the bowl of...
Jul 23, 2016 | Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 |
Hola! Somos Michael y Jenna. Today was “Living like a Local” day, and it impacted us all differently. Personally, I was surprised to see how people lived with so little, but still loved life. People lived in houses the size of my living room, and cooked...
Jul 22, 2016 | Matagalpa1 - 7/19/2016 |
Hola from Matagalpa, Nicaragua! This is George and Jimmy doing the blog for Culture Day. As Leaders of the Day, we were tasked with making sure everyone was up on time, everyone had full water bottles, that they were accounted for, and that there were always good...
