Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Coral
Hola!! Today was the best day ever as stated in the title 🙂 We started off by getting our dance moves on in dance class and it was really fun. We did an exchange of some american moves with the cha cha slide and we received some LATINO moves! Afterwards we attended a...
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Alondra Hinojosa, Lider del Dia
Hola! Today we woke up pretty early at 4:45 am. We were not allowed to use any electricity to experience how people that do not have electricity feel. We had breakfast which was only gallo pinto and water, the dish is just rice and beans. Then we headed to one of the...
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by -Adriana Munoz with help from Ryan Szeto
Hello everyone! Yesterday was a very long day, we went to El Castillo Del Cacao which is the Castle of Coco and Benificio SolCafe. When we returned to the hostel we went out to eat pizza together as a group. I was Leader Del Dia and it was tiring but very fun....
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Colin Wang
The first step of helping create change is to discover and immerse yourself in the culture. I was “El Lider del Dia” today and got to experience the roses and thorns of taking charge of this wonderful group of people. Today, we got to experience the good...
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Stegi Ilanthiraian
Hello Everyone, My name is Stegi Ilanthiraian. Today I had an unique experience as the “El Lider del Dia” (Leader of the Day). For us, this day was special because we went to visit ADIC, the organization that we are partnering with for our community project. Even...
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Andrew A and Emma
Today we embarked on our Aid & Development Day; Seminar 6! First we went off to visit the organization FUMDEC, whose main goal is to empower women within the communities to step up and take the leadership role, not only in their families but in their communities...
Posted in Matagalpa - 07/22/2013 by Dwight
Good Morning Everybody! I hope to write a more in depth post when there is more time. I just wanted to take a quick moment to say I am so blessed to be a leader on this trip and work with these amazing students. I am learning so much from them. A group of us (Emma,...
