Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Jazmin Gomez
We started off the day with a delicous breakfast of Gallo Pinto and fresh fruit. Ollie and I assigned groups for our CAP project it was either Rebeautification or Sports equipment. Once we split the groups apart we made a list of stuff we need and then went to a...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Natalie Fazeli
July 10 was our themed day of Aid and Development, so after breakfast at 8 am we had an academic seminar on the theme led by Aaron and Ollie. Then I led a team builder where we tried to guess who someone was from the group when another person described their good...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Khusbeen Dhillon & Kendra Flin
On July 9th, we got to experience what it was like for people who lived on a single dollar a day. We woke up to have an 8:00 breakfast of only gallo pinto (rice and beans) which definitely was not satisfying for most of us. After breakfast, we took about an hour bus...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Ed Arnheiter
Hi Glimpsers, We enjoy reading about your adventures in Leon. Thanks Punit and Natalie for the excellent post on “Working like a local”. Nice to see some photos! Please try to include photos in your future posts – it really helps the parents feel...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Punit Kaur and Natalie Rodriguez
Today was a very eye opening experience. The whole group got to experience what it was like to work like a local and feel the difficulties and struggles that citizens of a developing country go through in order to support their families. Everybody woke up very early...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by estephani
All the Global Glimpsers had an intresting day full of information given by Silvio a lawyer and a professor at a local university. We also had a heated debate about whether or not America is afull democracy. Although the day felt like it was going on forever, all the...
Posted in Leon - 06/28/2013 by Yasmine Castañeda
Quote of The Day: ”In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of” Our day began with a 7:30 AM wake up call. The glimpsers were required to dress in protective clothing,...
