Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Melanie Mesagno
Hello! We have had yet another amazing day here in Nicaragua. Today we had the pleasure of being introduced to our Community Action Project, also known as CAP. Glimpsers in the past have done many things, such as building a playground and fixing up a mediocre...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Jazel Ramos
Today was a really long and tiring day, but I think in the end we ended up experiencing a new perspective of education. Education is a really important part of life, and everyone should be granted the opportunity to be given an education. After today the glimpsers...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Rachel Levin
What can I say about today, now that it is ended we are exhausted. Politics by their very nature are controversial, and by their very nature, mentally exhausting. Politic is the strive for power, the expansion and sharing of ideas, the debate between different...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Tony and Connor
After a brief workshop where students compared education statistics in the United States and Nicaragua, the students learned that half as many young people attend high school in Nicaragua compared with the United States. Some of the reasons for this are not enough...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Connor and Tony
The day started with a seminar on the history of Nicaragua which was followed by a tour of the city by our program leaders Norman and Asha. They went into further detail about Nicaraguan history by visiting various murals, explaining the significance of the Catedral...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Connor and Tony
Day 1 After an overnight flight from San Francisco, we arrived safely at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua at 9:30am where we met our hosts and in-country coordinators Norman and Asha. Norman is originally from Masaya, which is a short drive away from...
Posted in Matagalpa - 06/06/2013 by Grachelle Jen To
Hi everyone! My name is Grachelle JenTo and I go to John Swett High School in a super small town of Crockett here in the Bay Area! I’m sorry that this is such a late post since we’ll be leaving tomorrow and I am super excited! But I did go to SF last...
