Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2019


FUN DAY! (Day 8)


  Hola Familia y amigos! It’s Jordan and Lupe signing in, and we were the LDDs (Lider Del Dia, or Leader of the Day) for today. This morning, we had to wake everyone up bright and early at 6:30 (the earliest so far). Because we both knew we’d be waking...

Community Action Project 2


Hola! Today we continued with our CAP (Community Action Project) at the Senior Activity Center San Juan. Our group is implementing three projects: renovating the garden, painting murals along the walls, and constructing a physical therapy bike. For the mural project,...

CAP Delivery Day 2


Today was CAP project delivery day 2 and we continued painting our classrooms when Junior, a GG Leader from DR, brought to our attention, a new idea. To spice up the hallway a little bit, he told us that we should paint blue waves on the bottom half of the wall. With...

Working Like A Local


  Quote of the day: “At least once in your life you’ll need a doctor, a lawyer, an architect; but every day, 3 times a day, you’ll need a farmer.” -Anonymous Hey guys, it’s Arnav here! Ivan and I were group leaders for today’s hectic adventure. Our day was full...

Proyecto para la comunidad, segundo dia!!


Today was a very humbling experience. We started off the day like any other with a 7 am wake up call. Then we headed off to breakfast, as we usually do. After breakfast, we all got on the bus and headed off to IPHE, the school that we have been working with for the...

“Fun” Day


Hi All, This is Bianca and Nina, today’s Leaders of the Day. We began with a quick and early start to the day at 6:30… which in our opinion is too early (big love to our GGL Ricardo who woke up before 6:00 to make sure we were ready on time!). We had a...

Deconstructing Poverty Day


Today was one of our most impactful and emotional days. The central topic of the day was poverty and the systems which allow for it. Throughout the day, we had many discussions which made us rethink our own privileges but also the opportunities we had to be a facility...