Jun 14, 2019 | SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 |
What’s up buttercups!? Today was our first free day, after many days of busy and intense schedules. For the past couple of days we’ve been waking up at 7:00am or earlier, but today we were given the opportunity to wake up from 8:30 to 10:00am. We had a buffet style...
Jun 13, 2019 | SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 |
¡Hola from the beautiful San Juan de la Maguana! Today was our Global Business and Deconstructing Poverty Day, during which we learned about the sugar industry, which dominates many areas of the island, and examined how it affects not only the workers, but the...
Jun 12, 2019 | SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 |
Hello everyone! Today was Living Like a Local where we lived with no electricity or running water. We had to take bucket showers and flush the toilets using the power of bucket water in tandem with gravity. Each meal we had was very traditional. From bread and...
Jun 11, 2019 | SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 |
Hey everyone from home!!! It’s Shannon and Gisselle, all the way from San Juan de la Maguana! Today was Aid and Development day! We got to meet three amazing people today all from different nonprofit organizations (FUNDASEP, Plan International, and Peace Corps)...
Jun 11, 2019 | SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 |
Today was full of culture, music and dancing!! Yesterday morning we visited with Carmen in the city of Aguita, where we danced and listened to palos. Palos are large drums that originate from Africa; the practice of playing the palos has been present in the...
