Recent posts from: C1B Constanza 6-26-2019


Back in the Bay and Boston


Dear C1B: Please excuse me for the late post — hoping that everyone, by now, has had a chance to share stories from home and abroad.     As I sit here reflecting on my time in Constanza, with all of you amazing young people, I’ve never felt luckier to...

Final Reflection – Day 15


Buenos días a todos! Good morning everyone! Today we woke up at 7 AM. Breakfast was at 7:45, and we had cereal and yogurt with fruit. After breakfast, we had a very emotional, three-hour-long seminar. First, we reflected on what we did for the past fifteen days. Terri...

CAP Delivery Day 3


Greetings, loved ones. Today we got the opportunity to finish our Community Action Project, a playground for the little kids in Villa Poppy. At first we all thought that we weren’t going to finish the project because we have a short amount time, and CAP delivery...

Community Action Project Day 2!


Greetings from Constanza! Today we started at 7 AM and arrived at Villa Poppy at 9:15 AM.    We were excited to continue working on the project. However, we found out that materials we needed, and expected to arrive on Saturday, still had not been delivered. For the...

CAP Delivery Day One!


Hi everyone! Hi mom 🙂 This is Karen and Maya. Today is the start of our Community Action Project (CAP). We’re building a playground in a rural community called Villa Poppy. We had a minor scare this morning when the Global Glimpse Leaders asked us where our CAP money...

Immigration and Identity


Today we started off by waking up at 6:00 am then proceeding to wake up our fellow glimpsers at 6:30am. We played Where the Wind Blows for our energizer and had breakfast at 7:15 am. After breakfast, we took out the cookie dough that was prepared yesterday. We rolled...

Our Second Free Day!


Today was a pretty fun day despite some minor happenings. For one, I feel like everyone came together pretty well, stepped a little bit out of their comfort zones, and stepped in to support and help others. We all pulled through together, connecting with each other...