Recent posts from: Bonao – 06/04/2014


Living on a $1 a day


In a country well-governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country poorly-governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucious   Today’s seminar deals with poverty. This is kind of a difficult concept to grasp, because its...

Immigration Day in Santo Domingo & Monte Plata


Hello family and friends of Glimpsers. Hope your Wednesday is going well! First off, I want to apologize for the late post, since we have been having problems with the internet, it’s a late post! 🙂 I’m Ashley and I was leader of the day. So our theme today was...

LIVE TV Interview Tomorrow!


As you know, this is the first delegation to EVER come to Bonao, and that is very important to Bonao!  I wanted to let you know that B1A will be featured in a live TV interview tomorrow night, Wednesday June 11th, from 8-8:30 PM EST (5 PM PST) that will also be...

First Free Day


Greetings to all, my name is Gloria Beltran from Andrew P. Hill High School in San Jose, CA. Today, I was El Lider del día in our first Free Day taking on new responsibilities. I had to write the blog and lead the day communicating with my fellow Glimpsers. Although...

Learning about education in the DR


Hello everyone, my name is Uzoma Onuoma and I was the Global Glimpse student leader for today.  Today, we did a lot of things but we started with a small seminar that showed us statistics of the quality of education and the levels of enrollment which painted a picture...

A Day in the Life of a Bonao Farmer


Greetings from Bonao! My name is Lauren and I’m a Global Glimpse student from San Francisco, CA. As leader of the day, not only did I get to write this blog but I also had a lot of responsibilities for the group. Assuming the role of a leader was a great way to test...

Culture Day


Greetings family and friends from Bonao! I am Michael, one of the Global Glimpse adult guides, and I also happen to be el lider del dia; leader of the day. One of the responsibilities of el lider del dia is to compose the blog post for friends and family like you. We...