Recent posts from: Matagalpa2 – 7/31/2015


Shock. Hunger. Misery. Poverty. Reality


Many of us claim to be something we are not. In many cases, some of us claim to be rich, popular, or poor. However, we don’t realize that there are billions of people in the world that can’t escape their reality. “I’m poor” we often hear...

Living on a $1 a Day.


Hi, my name is Chloe and I go to School of the Future in New York City. To start things off, being leader of the day wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. We were awoken by the sounds of band practice outside of our window as we proceeded to get ready for today’s...

Free Day!


Hi, I’m Eryka, and today I was the leader of the day. Wake up call was late this morning, 8:30 am, but over half of the group was awake by then. Last night, we all decided I should wake everyone up by singing Opera, and so I did :). I walked through the hall singing...

Beauty


Hello my name is Bobbi and I’m El Lider del Dia.                 Today’s events consisted of visiting El castillo del Cacao (the chocolate factory) and Cascada Blanca (a waterfall). Personally being a chocolate connoisseur, I...

United as One


Awoken before the sunrise, this is what working like a local consists of; but of course, there is always a glimpser twist to the perception of the day. Natalie did the first round of wake up calls with her way too perky and bright attitude to get everyone ready for a...

Much passion, Such Wow


Hello, my name is Ariel Rivera-Diaz and today I was leader of the day. Today was not my scheduled day however, I made a decision that others have said was a great decision. I decided to step up to the plate and take a blind swing. To begin with we had a marvelous...

The importance of sustainability


Throughout the day, we learned about the various ways of providing aid in ways that would last for many generations inspired by this quote: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”   –...