Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Author
Today everybody woke up at four in the morning! It was great. What’s even better is that the leader of the day is required to wake up half an hour before everybody else. Everyone was really good about getting up and getting ready. At five we got on the bus and...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Michael A. Medina
Yesterday (Thursday) we went to the Beneficio Kokomo, a coffee plantation/ factory, and learned about global business. We would then realize the impact just a simple purchase of a product can do to one’s economy and why it is best to remember that it is...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Jocelyn & Giovanna
Hello everyone! Today we had an early wake up call: 6 a.m. to be exact. You see, today was all about submerging ourselves in the life of a local by living on a dollar a day. This included taking a shower with only a bucket of water, which wasn’t as hard as it...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Zainab Arafi
Today was a good day full of emotion and reality. We all woke up at 6:30. As leader of the day I woke everyone up and kept to the schedule. We left around 8a.m. to an organization that helps children who work on the streets, don’t go to school, or have family...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Christopher Bried
After waking up and eating breakfast, we were visited by a guest speaker named Angie who works in Nicaragua as a manager of a nonprofit organization. Angie shared stories and insights regarding the problems with Nicaragua’s education system and her own...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by JULEE ANCHETA AND JUANITA SAN ROMAN
HEY EVERYONE! I HOPE YOU’RE ALL DOING WELL. TODAY WAS OUR VERY FIRST FREE DAY!!!! WE WOKE UP AT 8:00 AND GOT READY FOR OUR DAY. THEN WE ALL HAD A YUMMY QUESEDILLA FOR BREAKFAST AT 9:00. ONCE WE FINISHED BREAKFAST WE BROKE UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/28/2016 by Author
Day 5 Today we visited multiple places in Matagalpa. First we went to a local chocolate factory named Castillo Cocoa. The owner of the factory gave us of a tour of the factory, and she also showed us how they use the Cocoa seeds to make chocolate, tea, and coffee. At...
