Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Kristy Le & Alejandra Gomez, Glimpsers
Hey Hey! Que Lo Que! As interesting as it was, the daily lives of immigrants weren’t what we expected. Today was Day 10, Immigration Day. We visited the busy Haiti/Dominican Republic border in the village of Elias Piña in order to take a glimpse and learn more...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Isabella Parra-Hernandez, Glimpser
Hola Families and Friends, Today the Glimpsers and I had a fun adventure day at the beautiful beach of El Quemaito and Villa Miriam. We began the day with a 7 a.m. wakeup call and had toast filled with tomato, ham and cheese with lemonade to drink. We all got into the...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Claire Bellew & Emma Cahill, Glimpsers
Hey y’all, its Clemma here. Unfortunately, we did not get to sleep in again, as today was Working Like a Local Day. As Lider del Dia (leaders of the day) we had to wake up at 5:30a, to wake up the other Glimpsers at 6:00a with the beautiful sound of a rubber chicken...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Alex Rios-Garcia and Ashley Zhen, Glimpsers
What’s up buttercups!? Today was our first free day, after many days of busy and intense schedules. For the past couple of days we’ve been waking up at 7:00am or earlier, but today we were given the opportunity to wake up from 8:30 to 10:00am. We had a buffet style...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Aiden Stein, Glimpser
¡Hola from the beautiful San Juan de la Maguana! Today was our Global Business and Deconstructing Poverty Day, during which we learned about the sugar industry, which dominates many areas of the island, and examined how it affects not only the workers, but the...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Carter and Katie, Glimpsers
Hello everyone! Today was Living Like a Local where we lived with no electricity or running water. We had to take bucket showers and flush the toilets using the power of bucket water in tandem with gravity. Each meal we had was very traditional. From bread and...
Posted in SJ1A San Juan Maguana 6-7-2019 by Shannon Phan and Gisselle Marroquin, Glimpsers
Hey everyone from home!!! It’s Shannon and Gisselle, all the way from San Juan de la Maguana! Today was Aid and Development day! We got to meet three amazing people today all from different nonprofit organizations (FUNDASEP, Plan International, and Peace Corps)...
