Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Kayla Cruz, Glimpser
The Dump. This is the place where my fellow Glimpsers and I spent our day learning about the poverty here in Panama. We all were smacked with reality when seeing people scavenging through the garbage and faced, head on, the environmental and poverty issues that Panama...
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Montserrat Campa and Jessica Chaidez, Glimpsers
Montserrat: This morning I woke up feeling tired yet full of energy. I was so excited to meet a family and really get to know what life is like for them especially since they live in this small town called Paris in the outskirts of Chitré. When I was talking to my...
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Sadie Guy and Zaria Irving, Glimpsers
Today was our free day. This means that we can go out with our GGL’s and go places and explore Chitré’s beautiful culture that it has to offer. At the hostel, everybody made a vote to what we wanted to do. By the end, we decided to have one group go to the park that...
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Pedro Guzman and Emma Jones, Glimpsers
We started our morning early today in order to head out to the IPHE for special needs children. Before we headed out, we designed questions that would help us create a CAP (Community Action Project) in order to resolve the urgent needs of the school. After a tour of...
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Gabrielle Hill, Glimpser
Buenas! Today’s focus was global business and working like a local. We had a really early morning to get the feel of being a local and we pushed through the tiredness. We visited Finca Pamel which is a farm. We read information about Finca Pamel on our way there....
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Stephanie Dudley, Glimpser
To begin the day, Diego, a speaker with the organization called Mundo Verde, came in to give a presentation about the climate change that is taking place in Panama. Mundo Verde (Munver) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting...
Posted in CH1C Chitre 7-15-2019 by Amira Chambers, Program Coordinator
Our Culture Day began with the quote “culture is the deep exercise of identity” by Spanish writer, Julio Cortazar. This quote resonated with us throughout every activity we did and every discussion we had. We began with a seminar called Culture and Safety...
