Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Vishnupriya Bodempudi
Hey Everyone! My name is Vishnupriya and I was today’s Leader of the Day! We began our day by finalizing our CAP (Community Action Project) ideas and presentation material. During this time we made sure to calculate the amount of money that each project idea requires...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Maggie & Christine
Today, we followed local market workers throughout their morning. Our first challenge was to wake up at 4:30A.M. We went to the houses of local workers to observe and learn about the ways they prepare the products that they sell throughout the day. We learned about...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Kevin
Photo: Kevin giving gift to political speaker Silvio, graduate student at the law school. Hey Guys!! To David Gómez-Cruz, thanks for waking Peter and I up in the morning because if it wasn’t for him I would be nothing. Today’s theme revolved around politics and it is...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Melinda and Jenny
Hola amigos! Today Melinda and I (Jenny) were El Lider Del Dia, which translates to the leader of the day or in this case, the leaders of the day. We explored life as a Nica student for a day, as we were able to shadow public high schools in Leon and sit in on...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Nami
Today, Sunday, was the FUN day. We explored how Nicaragua was different from the US in terms of environmental awareness and how we as global citizens could further increase environmental awareness. We began our short journey with a breakfast of pancakes (Whoo!!) and a...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Rubin Girling
Dear Reader, Today my peers and I had a free day. This means that we had no plans, except what I, the LDD, had planned, which in my case was almost nothing. To begin with, we had a late, 7:45, start which led into a later-than-normal breakfast. After this we split...
Posted in Leon - 06/02/2013 by Elida Sobalvarro
Today’s theme of the day was on poverty. We learned about the differences in how poverty affects the United States compared to Nicaragua. We also were able to learn what the cycle of poverty is and ways to try to break that cycle. Something that surprised me the most...
