We “CAP”tured the Fourth of July!

Today was the first day of the Community Action Project! We woke up super early at 7am and went to eat some delicious cheese empanadas, sausages, and fruit with yogurt at Roma Santa. After our filling breakfast we took the bus to the Carlos Garbay Farm and started our...

A Glimpse of Everything!

Greetings Family and Friends! Today we woke up earlier than usual in order to host a guest speaker. The guest speaker informed us on opportunities Trias, an organization dedicated to helping grow small businesses which focuses on empowering women and youth, by...

Indigenous Worldview

Hello Global Glimpse blog followers. Today’s theme was Indigenous Worldview which brought us to Pucura Tambo. In our bus ride there we got to see a spectacular view of the volcanoes surrounding Riobamba and the Chimborazo Mountain, which Chimborazo happens to be...

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND BE FREE

Today is Sunday, July 1, our first free day. We woke up later than usual, and started off our day with a traditional Sunday Ecuadorian dish at Roma Santa, which is called hornado. It consists of lettuce, corn, roast pig, and a special chile sauce. !Fue muy...

Deconstructing Poverty

Hello Friends and Family! Today we visited Manitos Trabajadoras, a project that works with working children of Riobamba. The project began 10 years ago, created by Fabricio Espín, and is continued on by his siblings Flor and Javier. The project works with...