Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Soraya Azevedo & Analynn Nguyen, Glimpsers
Buenos días from Soraya and Analynn. We were the leaders of the day for day 9, one of the most intense days on the trip. We started off by waking everyone up at 7 AM. Then we played human knot, which correlated to our day due to the fact that we needed to work...
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Flora Wu, Glimpser
Today we woke up at 7 AM. We then ate breakfast at 8 AM. At 8:45 AM, we went with Sandy, our driver, to the statue of the Divine Child (Baby Jesus). There was a man named Antonio and he had cancer and it was terminal. All his brothers were doctors and they could not...
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Leilani Kuo, Glimpser
Hello! Today we got up at a reasonable time (7:00 am) and took a tour of the El Chorro community. Something very significant about this community is that it used to be one of the worst towns in Constanza. Because of past aid projects that failed. Since then the...
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Paula Rodriguez Leyva, Glimpser
Today was our first free day. Everybody was able to wake up at their own time and take their time with their breakfasts. Some people did laundry, made phone calls home, and bonded with everybody. Everybody had free time for a couple of hours in which they played...
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Anusha Entezari and Ari McDonald, Glimpsers
Hello! This morning was the earliest we had to wake up on this trip. As the LDDs, we woke up at 5 to prepare for our 6 AM wake-up call! We used the megaphone to do our gentle wake-up call. One game we played as our warm-up was the Trust Walk, and you can see us...
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Anjaliyah Echemendia and Amy Phan, Glimpsers
Today, we started the day off by waking up at 6:30 AM and by 9 AM, we were separated into different towns and spent the day helping those families with house cleaning. Then for lunch, which was around 12:00 pm, we ate with some locals and helped clean up after them....
Posted in C1B Constanza 6-26-2019 by Terralynn Mosby, Global Glimpse Leader
Today, Students and GG Leaders experienced a day of extreme fun, as we learned more about the Dominican Public Culture. We had two activities that helped shape the way we think of this wonderful country. The first activity was creating masks, this is a tradition in...