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Student Trip Blogs

Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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Yupaichani to all the indigenous people we met!!!

” We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected not…
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Community Day (No. 18)

Today we primarily focused on the communities in Constanza that are facing poverty. Like most days we woke up at 7:00 a.m and had…
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Nice to meet y’all! (No. 2)

Hey y’all! My name is Brianna Jordan and I am a rising senior at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. I am 16 years…
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JA1C Return Flight Information

Hello, family and friends of the  JA1C Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share…
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Spontaneity Day

“If you want to change the world, be the change.” -Mahatma Gandhi Hi I’m Kyra, a rising senior at Mountain View High School, and…

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Education and deconstruction poverty in Riobamba

Today at breakfast at Roma Santa, Our first meal consisted of Plantains with Beef/Pork Sausages. After the energizing breakfast, we played a game of…
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Global Business (No. 2)

Hello everyone! My name is Fiona and I was today’s Leader of the day. Today our focus was Global Business. We had a very…
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Aid & Development Day (No. 4)

We woke up at 7 am, and had breakfast at 8. Our breakfast was pancakes with maple syrup, and scrambled eggs, followed by strawberry…
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WELCOME TO DR (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) JA2C

Hello, we are Angelica and Miquea, and we are going to be your program coordinators in JA2C. We are very excited to live this…
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DAY 12: Immigration Day

Hi, this is Nareh and Andrew, Today is Immigration day, we started off by waking up at 6 am and bringing all our luggage…