Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2017


CAP day 2


Hi everyone! Today we spent the day at Rebaño de Alegría, where we are working on our CAP project. We got off to a slow start the day before, so we had a lot to do. We had three different groups: one working with kids, one painting chairs and tables, and one painting...

To New York We Go!!!


Hello, everyone !!! My name is Mariela and I am your last Global Glimpse leader. Our day began by waking up early so that we can arrive in time. The airport that we were going to is 3 hours away from Esteli so we had to make sure that we would make it in time....

Introducing myself- Jillian Ubides-Gonzalez


Hello Glimpsers- My name is Jillian Ubides-Gonzalez (Jill or Jillian is fine) , I am one of your chaperones on this trip. Before we go on this wonderful trip- that I cannot wait to experience with everyone I wanted to reach out and introduce myself. I have been an...

Estelí is waiting for you, E1C!


Dear Glimpsers, Global Glimpse Leaders, and Parents: We are thrilled to welcome our first group of Glimpsers to Estelí very soon as your arrival date rapidly approaches! For the past few months we have carefully planned and coordinated all of the details of your...

Community Action Project: Day 1


Hola familias! Bright and early, at 6:00, we woke up and had a wonderful breakfast of homemade pancakes. Today was our first day of working on our Community Action Project(CAP) at Infancia sin Fronteras (a school for young children). For the project, we decided to...

Education Day!


Hey it’s Hector and Jose and it has been a pleasure to be the second Liders Del Dia. Today we went to shadow students in high school, which we ended up learning the difference between their education system and how our educational system works. From our personal...

We Are Juggernauts!


Day 4 – Politics Day Today was very eventful from discussions about future projects to teaching English to the locals, this left us little time for breaks. We began our day by discussing our community action project, which we will work on with a local...