Recent posts from: Bonao – 7/27/2015


Day10 Global Business


Hey it’s me Miguel. I’m the guy with a dimple that looks like a huge crater on the moon. In this picture I am presenting a certificate to the savvy environmental scientist Jonathan Ruiz, for taking the time to educate us on how mines work. Jonathan is...

Immigration and Education Day 9


Yesterday, August 5th, as El Lider Del Dia I had to wake everyone up at 6:30am so that we could visit Batey Libertad. A Batey was originally for Haitian migrants to come and work in the sugarcane fields of the Dominican Republic. These temporary living barracks were...

Day 8 for Fun Day


Hello families and friends! I was el lider del dia (leader of the day) for our first fun day. Our day started off by waking up at 7AM. Then, after getting ready, we ate breakfast thanks to Licelot. We love Licelot’s food. We ate mangu with salami and watermelon....

First Free Day


Today was our very first free day. Everyone was anticipating this day, due to our very busy schedule throughout the week. I started by waking up everyone at 8am, so they could be ready by 9 to have Licelot’s famous breakfast! After breakfast we had free time for...

Politics Day 5


Today was Politics day! as usual we woke up at 8:00 and had breakfast at 9. Licelot, our cook, prepared yuca, eggs, and papaya for us with a side of avena. It was delicious. Afterwards we had an academic seminar and had 2 politician guest speakers talk to us about...

Aid and Development


  As a proud member of the last Dominican Republic, Bonao trip, I have very exciting news about our stay so far. It has been the earliest wakeup time recording at 6:30 am for our aid and development day. We then continued with Desayuno. We learned the difference...

Family Exchange: Day 4


This day could not have been any better. We went to a community, Bejuco Aplastado of multiple families to “help” out, and by that, I mean that the people there taught us everything about them and more. We did not expect the families to be this hospitable....