Posted in Matagalpa2 - 07/03/2014 by Brandon Collazo
Today I was the the leader of the day for living on a dollar on a day. My experience today was the best. My host family was very inviting to strangers in their home. I didn’t feel like an outsider, I felt like part of the family. My host mother was very polite...
Posted in Esteli1 - 07/20/2014 by Nicole and Helen
Today was the first day of our Community Action Project (CAP)! We started off the day with a breakfast of eggs with ham and gallo pinto, as usual (everyone’s favorite). Then we walked back to the hostel and planned for the big day, which included walking down the...
Posted in Leon1 - 07/18/2014 by Antonia Holmes
***REMINDER – We will be returning on WEDNESDAY night on FLIGHT AA 275, eta 11:35pm. Please track the flight and plan to pick up your student ~30 min after arrival to allow for baggage. THANKS! – Amanda and Dani*** Today was free day so there isn’t...
Posted in Bonao - 07/22/2014 by Tom Aiello
Hello! I’m Tom Aiello, and I was given the privilege of being el lider del día for politics day. The focus of today was to explore and discuss the relationship between the Dominican Republic’s politics and its citizens. It comes as no surprise that the group couldn’t...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Shennel Lashley
Although we had to wake up a bit early to travel from San De La Maguana to the Batey of the Sugar Plantation, we had another fulfilling day in the Dominican Republic. After an hour drive to Plataforma Vida, where the sugar plantation was, we got a tour of where they...
Posted in Jinotega - 07/21/2014 by Mary Dao and Sydney Fujioka
Hey it’s Sydney and Mary and we were the leaders of the day for our first day of our Community Action Project (CAP). This project is completed over the course of three days and it is beneficial and sustainable for the community. For our project, we...
Posted in Esteli2 - 07/25/2014 by Samantha M. Garcia
Finally… a free day. The day we were all itching to have. It has finally came! At the beginning of the day, I wasn’t sure how leader of the day would turn out. Since no one was really going to be around I thought I wouldn’t have anyone to boss...
