Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by Erika De La Rosa and Azucena Hernandez, Glimpsers
After a three hour drive we arrived at our new home for the night. We, then, made our way to ASCALA, an organization run by nuns. Their mission was to help immigrants, mostly Hatian immigrants, throughout their process of obtaining a passport. This passport served as...
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by LaTasha Monique and Miquea, Global Glimpse Leaders
Hey, All! Sorry you’ve been missing us, we were having technical difficulties. Please stay tuned as we are back up and running and your lovely Global Glimpsers will resume posting TONIGHT!! Much <3, The Team!
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by Melissa and Sheyla, Glimpsers
Hey everyone, today we started our day by learning the history of Jarabacoa. The class was taught by our PC (Angelica) and after our history and culture class, we went to another interesting organization (Plan Yaque). We learned about the issues that the rivers here...
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by Lexie and LaTasha Monique, Global Glimpse Leaders
Sorry this is getting out so late! Our first official day in country from start to finish, started out with a beautiful, sunny day. We went to the flower festival and saw beautiful flower sculptures of ladies and swans etc. We left the flower festival and went to...
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by Christina Fiedler, Glimpser
First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day and happy Juneteenth! Today, we visited the Dump en Buena Vista (or Vertedero en Buena Vista). We met individuals who work in waste management in Jarabacoa and they informed us about how trash collection occurs in this...
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by LaTasha Monique and Lexie Jones, Global Glimpse Leaders
Hey All! Today we did a lot. We started our day with a two hour trip from Santiago to Jarabacoa. After a wonderful homemade vegetarian lunch we took a city tour where we posed next to the oldest tree in the city. Fun fact, this tree was here even before the city! Our...
Posted in Jarabacoa 6-16-2022 by Angelica y Miquea, Program Coordinators
Our second day was successfully done. We had a tour in the town of Jarabacoa that included a very interesting visit to the fire station and other spots of the city where we learned some historical facts. A lot of great things are still waiting to be discovered in...
