Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Edelawite Tefera and Krista Cheng
Today, we woke up super early at 4am and headed to La Garnacha, a rural farm where we worked as a local. We began our day by milking cows and goats. It was an amazing first experience for a lot of us! Then we had an organic breakfast with the famous nicaraguan...
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Erick
On today’s agenda we had to two eventful field trips. We first went to visited a Tobacco plant called Tobaccaler Santiago later we visited a environmental farm called La Casita. Visiting the Tobaccalera was really amazing experience because we were able to see...
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Nathan
Today we began the day later than usual and ate a leisurely breakfast before preceding to the morning seminar and activity. In the seminar, the group discussed Nicaraguan politics, past and current Nicaraguan political parties, and the civil war and revolution....
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Daphne & Julia
Today we began the morning with a big breakfast to prepare for the long, emotional day ahead. We headed out to a community called “Las Cruces” which is located about 25 miles outside of Esteli, by the municipal dump. The people of Las Cruces work at the...
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Joseline and Nanette
Today we were faced with the reality challenge of living with a dollar for the day. We began the challenge with taking bucket showers and not being able to use any sort of electricity. Our breakfast consisted of beans, white bread and water ,which was different from...
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Zoe
Our first event of the day was a field trip to Mujeres Ambientalists. It was a local factory that produced recycled paper. The women who ran it were all single women who saw a dump a decided to turn it into something beautiful. We happen to have used this recycled...
Posted in Esteli2 - 06/09/2014 by Alicia
Today was Free Day, a day for rest, relaxation, and even a bit of fun. Today Glimpsers had the whole day to themselves, many took advantage of this opportunity to visit the internet cafe, call family, and bond with each other. We went to the grocery store and stocked...
