Recent posts from: Esteli – 07/01/2013


Day 8: ¡Día Libre!


Day 8 was a Free Day, and Glimpsers were able to choose the activities they wanted to participate in. Many times in our life, we will have lots of free time. The most important lesson today is using our free time wisely. One of the great ways to spend one’s free...

Day 7: Working Like a Local


Today, we enjoyed a laborious day on La Garnacha agricultural community.  We were separated into three groups and alternated between feeding los cabros (goats), spreading fertilizer, and picking weeds.  Despite the hard work, we enjoyed all of it and learned a lot...

Day 7: Poverty


Here in the cool and rainy yet hot and humid weather of Estelí, we have spent our morning observing one of the city’s dumping grounds. Unfortunately, many locals to Estelí have no knowledge or awareness that they live so close to a dumping ground. At the dumping...

Día 5: Selva Negra


Greetings from your exhausted, muddy, post-sweaty children. Today was well spent climbing steep and slippery hills of Selva Negra, Matagalpa. Safely led by our first El Líder Del Día (in this case Las)!! :)) Mia and Kelly  (who are roommates by the way). Being the...

Day 3 Esteli 3 July 2013


Good Evening!  To use the vernacular of the students the operative word was “Amazing!” Words of the day: tarjeta-card, taller- workshop, hoja- sheet of ie paper 8:00 to 8:45            Breakfast Buffet Esteli- glimpsers have made a positive                            ...

First Glimpse into the City!


            Happy Glimpsers in their first GLIMPSE into the beautiful City of Esteli. Today was the first full day for the group, and they were all really eager to explore and learn more about their host home for the next 3 weeks. The...