Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Juliet Hadid
June 20th was CAP preparation day, so the plan was to split up into groups and buy materials. Our CAP project will be fairly extensive: we’re working with a small school in Chacraseca, a community about a half-hour from Leon. We intend to make some improvements...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Leon 2
One week left ’till you arrive in Nicaragua, which will be your home for the following three weeks! Hope everyone’s feeling really excited and ready to build strong connections with like-minded people, as well as grow as responsible global citizens. We definitely...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Shelby Buchmann
Global Business Day 2: Today’s activities centered around the idea of eco-tourism. Our focus was to not only learn about eco-tourism, but to learn why it has experienced such rapid growth in the past few years. After going on a field trip to experience...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Zena Organista
Today had to be one of the most deliciously interesting work days for the Glimpsers. While it was still barely dawn, our sleepy yet eager teens left in their assigned groups, taking off in taxis to homes to prepare market goods, while others took a stroll to the...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Roxanne Avilla
Today we learned about global business and renewable energy. Our day consisted of adventures through the city and a tour of Polaris. Due to the change in plans the day before we were given two hours of free time. During free time majority of the group bargained while...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Jessie Davidson
So yesterday was interesting to say the least. Originally we were all supposed to take a tour of some mangroves and later spend the night on the beach, but because of the recent earthquake just off the coast, there was a tsunami warning and we were forced to change...
Posted in Leon - 06/07/2013 by Mercedes Boyes
As a group, we all underwent an eye opening experience. We began the day with breakfast and an academic seminar. The theme of the seminar was poverty and was led by Suzanne. We discussed the five P’s of poverty which represent people, place, past, politics, and...
