Recent posts from: San Cristobal – 7/05/2015


Immigration Day


Hello parents! I am Jensen Martinez, a rising senior from Impact Academy in Hayward, and today I was leader of the day. Today’s theme was based on immigration and how immigration affects the DR. We learned a lot about the whole Haiti and Dominican Republic...

Global Business Day: COFFEE!


Today was the ninth day of our journey in the Dominican Republic led by Sandy and I Citlalli. We began our day with an early wakeup call at 6 am followed by a delicious breakfast made by our wonderful cooks here at Rancho de Campeche. Our topic of today was on Global...

Working like a local


Hola! Suhayla Hassan, here today as your Leader of the Day. Our day started off by waking up at 5:30am, the sun had yet to rise. While this all may seem a little extreme this is the normal day for a local farmer living here in the Dominican Republic. After a slow and...

Fun Day #1


Hola, todos! Me llamo Van! My name is Van, and I am one of the students in the 2nd DR-San Cristobal delegation. I was the leader of the day, waking up everybody 30 minutes earlier than usual so we could head out as soon as possible for our adventure of the day. Even...

First Free Day


Hey everyone! My name is Skyler Gin and I was leader of the day for today’s Free Day. First, a little about myself. I am an incoming senior at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon. I am very active and love to play sports. I am also apart of Dougherty...

Education Day


Greetings from the Dominican Republic and all the residents. It’s a another beautiful, sunny (a bit more than we would like) day in San Cristobal. Being a student leader on such a momentous day, in terms of teaching, meant that there was a considerable amount of...

Aid and Development Day


Hola!!! It’s only the fourth day and it’s been amazing; everyone is doing well and I can honestly say that I have found my second familia. Shout out to everyone’s family who came out and said their goodbyes and a really big shout out to Linda and...