Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 6/06/2016


Poverty vs Poor


Hey all! My name is Ryan Santa Elena, and I was “El Lider del Dìa,” for today, which was Day 10 of our trip, Poverty Day. We started off our day around 6:30 AM, where we woke up and later ate breakfast at 7:00, which was a plate of delicious fruits. After...

Day 9- Global (glimpse) Business Day


Global Business Day was quite the day if I must say. We not only explored a coffee plantation, but we also presented our ideas for the CAP Project to Norman, the Hope Project representative, and on top of that, we had English tutoring! Quite the hectic day to say the...

Living Like a Local


Hi everyone! It’s Lisia and Eriella here and we were leaders of the day of “Living Like a Local” today. We woke up hella early today around six o’clock doing wake up calls. Today we had a busy day ahead of us and this is a quick overview. As we...

First Free Day


Hi everyone! I am Shivani and I was today’s leader of the day 🙂 Today was our group’s first free day. On free days, we barely have a set schedule since we get to go in groups and explore the beautiful city of Matagalpa. We went in two groups today: half of...

Fun Day Saturday


Families and friends! Fun day was a success! We started our day with an early wake up call around 7am. Which gave us a ton of time to get ready for breakfast which would start around 8am. We were served gallo pinto, eggs, and bread. I would say it was a very filling...

A Day Of Aid


Hey families and friends! Day five was one of the most eye opening days this past week. It was the day where we learned about aid and development, which was the theme of the day, and all the things that were either positive or negative about aid. We all learned that...

Education Day!


Education day!!!! Hola yo soy Marla y era El Lider del dia! Today the glimpsers were supposed to wake up at 5:30 but I didn’t wake up to my alarm ( near my head) on time, which woke up my roommates (Sia, Martha, Shivani, Christina, Eriella) at 4:15am!! ...