Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Collin G Cheung
Today, I woke up at 7:45am to get ready and wake everyone up. Since it was free day, I wanted everyone to have a nice rest, so I adjusted the schedule to let them sleep in till 8:30. I knocked on every door at 8, and then 8:30am. We had breakfast at 9 at Alfreditos....
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Jessica Cheng
Hello from Nicaragua! My name is Jessica and I was given the lovely privilege of being leader of the day for a $1 a day. Our day technically started last night. The purpose of $1 a day was based upon living as 80% of the world has been, without any electricity and...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Thao Le
The day started off with a later breakfast at 8 AM, followed by a Politics Seminar discussing the current presidency of Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. We examined aspects of complacency in contribution to corruption as well as the purpose of government. After a...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Jihyeon Park (Vanessa)
Hi guys, I am Vanessa(Jihyeon) and happy 4th of July!! We woke up at 6:00am today. After having a Aid&Development Seminar with the GG Leaders, we went to La Garnacha. La Garnacha is a farming community. We split into 2 group and had a farm tour, make an artwork...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Joshua Handjojo
I took this specific day because the topic of poverty in developing countries has been on my mind a lot this year. Earlier in April 2013, I had visited the poorest country here in the Americas, which was Haiti. I had seen poverty at its worst and still to this day, I...
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Priya Sundaresh
Today we got to visit two very different schools. The first was a private Catholic high school at which we each shadowed 1-2 students. We followed these students to their classes and observed the classroom environments, different subjects, and student interactions....
Posted in Esteli - 06/26/2013 by Sandra Choi
Today we were able to bond with each other as a team and spent our day more to ourselves. The day started off more relaxed, waking up at 8:00 AM. In our first free time we decided where to travel in the city based upon eveyone’s opinions. Everyone cooperated as...
