Recent posts from: Riobamba1 – 7/30/2016


Global Business Day


Hello friends, fam and others. How are you guys? Or in Kichwa: Imanalla Today, as you can tell from the title, was Global Business Day. Since today was all about countries around the world and how they benefit our earth, I started the day by waking up my delegation...

EDUCATION DAY


Hey people, it’s Idalia here. Today my fellow global glimpsers and I learned about the education in Ecuador in comparison to the education in the United States. Lily Cripps is a part of the Peace Corps and has been teaching English in Ecuador for almost 2 years....

Working Like a Local


[We apologize for not posting last night… no WiFi!] Today was an eye opening experience for all of us. We started the day with a mental warm up to prepare us for the day. Afterwards we headed to el Mercado, the market, to help locals sell fruits, vegetables, and...

Free Day


Hi I’m Carl, today I was the leader of the day: August 8th. Being leader of the day was fun but hard at the same time. Trying to stay on top of everything and making sure everything went as planed was probably the hardest part of being a leader. Today was our...

Politics Day


As you can read from the title, today was Politics Day! It was a day full of joy, laughter, and also challenges for me as The Leader of the Day. I have always had a passive personality (sometimes excessively passive), that is why being in charge of everyone, of every...

Poverty Day


HI my name is Carmelo Batista, I was El Lider Del Dia (the leader of the day) and today’s theme was poverty. We attacked this theme with two questions: what resources are needed by people experiencing poverty and how do you define poverty? I now understand that...

El Dia en el Pailon Del Diablo


[Sorry all for the technical difficulties, but here is the blog from our leaders yesterday (Friday) ] Today we started the day extra early to head out to the beautiful sceneries that Ecuador has to offer in el Pailón Del Diablo. Although we are very privileged coming...