Recent posts from: Riobamba1 – 7/07/2016


Final Reflection Day


Today is the last day of our journey, and it has been great for everyone. Today we all learned what the true meaning of this trip was, and shared our feelings for each other through “Big Love”. What hit me personally is how everyone got emotional and how much they...

Closing The CAP Of Our Project


Hi, my name is Tishiya, and I was the leader of the day to close off our CAP projects. For all of us, today was incredibly big and amazingly impactful. From earlier on in our trip, we had seen glimpses of what life is like here in Ecuador for those that are in need,...

RB1B Return Flight Information


Hello Family and Friends of RB1B Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for the return of the students on Sunday morning, so we wanted to update you all with their flight information: The students will be arriving at JFK at 8:00AM on Tames Flight #550 into the...

Helping Hands


The first day of our CAP project was very busy in the morning. The Glimpsers split into two groups: one that tried to create relationships with local grocery stores and clothing stores to get donations for our CAP partner, while the others tended to the transportation...

Free Day!


So today was a free day for us. It wasn’t a struggle to wake everybody today, the only problem was getting them dressed and on time.  Some kids decided to spend their money buying souvenirs for their loved ones while others went to the internet café to keep in...

Conquering Chimborazo


Today was my first day of being a leader however I was not alone. Instead of it being only me, I had a co-leader help me balance the part of being a leader and it was Ray. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have the courage to lead the whole group and he...

Better Consumers, Better Global Citizens


Hi Friends and Family, My name is Rishi Krishnan, and I was privileged to be the El Lider del Dia today. Our group had a very jam packed day, since two full day topics were combined into one day’s worth of activities, but I’m pleased to say that all of...