This post was written by students Ethan W. and Eric L. Hi, Ethan W. here! For my independent project, I interviewed a farmer who works in the community. Going into the interview, I had no idea how the farmer would react. Just like everyone I…
Hi everyone! We had an incredible goodbye party in La Trinchera last night with lots of tears and hugs. We are so sad to have left La Trinchera, though we know this amazing experience will live on forever! Here are some photos from our time…
This post features student writing. Today (July 21), we all took a one-hour bus ride from our village to the river, where we went white water rafting! We were split up into three groups of six, along with an instructor for each group. As soon…
¡Hola familias y amigos! This is co-leaders Sasha and Sergio checking in from the village of La Trinchera! Today we began day 4 on the work site with William, our hilarious maestro de obras (foreman). We have been working really hard and are just putting…
This post was written on July 14th. Hello everyone! We’re checking in from Playa Samara, the most amazing beach in Costa Rica, if not the world. We all arrived safely last night. Since we’ve been here, we’ve surfed, taken a salsa lesson, and gotten to…
We’ve received word from the leaders that the group has arrived in Costa Rica.