Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Wotna Mehep Dos Santos
August 5, 2016. The group woke up at 6:10AM, which is an hour earlier from our normal wake up time. We had breakfast and then begin our academic seminar, where we discussed the problems of poverty and how it can affect a person. Also the role governments play...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Martin Mejia
Noam Chomsky once said “the more you can increase fear of immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people,” this quote elucidates that immigrants can be seen as a negative stereotype that fosters people’s ignorance towards immigrants and thus has them...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Faith Ewere and Jazmine Villa
“Money only buys the weak” – Genaro Rodriguez. Today was Global Business Day, an eye-opening experience for my co-leader and I. We were privileged to hear two opposing sides about protecting the environment. We woke up to the chirping of birds and the beeping of...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by John Buckley and Betty Feng
Today was Work Like a Local Day! We began the day with a delicious breakfast of eggs, bread and fruit. We then played an entertaining energizer called Hawt Potato. It was riveting to hear of our peers’ responses to the weird “Would You Rather” questions. Afterward, we...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Thaila Teixeira and Laura Arceo Madriz
We started off our day with a good breakfast and walking around and attempting to contact our families. We walked to an internet café in San Victor, and were able to experience how the internet process works in the Dominican Republic. It was very different compared to...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Alejandro A. Tobar
As modern day people know, when we tend to think about showers, our minds go directly to the image of showers containing: a shower tub with running water through the pipes. However, on July 31, 2016 it became a strange day for my fellow peers in the Global Glimpse...
Posted in Moca - 7/27/2016 by Author
We awoke to beautiful Moca day. A great breakfast of eggs, fruit, and bread. We would need it on our hike to the waterfalls of Bonao. It was a nice drive, but we worried about rain. When we arrived the sun was shining a typical humid and warm day. We were escorted by...
