Aug 2, 2018 | SJ1C San Juan DR 7-24 |
Hola a todos! Our names are Kathy and Francisco, okurrrrt! Today was a very emotional and challenging day. Our focus was on Global Businesses and Deconstructing Poverty. In order to better understand what Global Businesses are, we visited Maguana Tropical, a local...
Jul 31, 2018 | SJ1C San Juan DR 7-24 |
Today, we started our day early by waking up at 6:30. The bus ride to our first destination, Barahona, was a long two hours. On the way there, we listened to music and ate our breakfast. When we arrived we were given a presentation on the stone called Larimar. Larimar...
Jul 30, 2018 | SJ1C San Juan DR 7-24 |
So today was working like a local day! The day started off by driving to FECADES, which is a coffee farm in the mountains of Guanito. There we learned about the farm and how they produce the coffee before we were put to work. We were split into 4 groups where we...
Jul 29, 2018 | SJ1C San Juan DR 7-24 |
Hey everyone! My name is Lynda and today I was the leader of the day. Today’s theme was Aid and Development. We had visitors come and talk to us from Peace Corps which is an international volunteer organization founded by John F. Kennedy in 1961. They explained to us...
Jul 28, 2018 | SJ1C San Juan DR 7-24 |
Today was a lot of fun! Everything was completely different than America from the air, food, and building structures. We started off the day with a “surprise” which was going to the Cathedral, which we walked by during our initial city tour, to view the Catholic...