Recent posts from: Bonao – 06/30/2014


Heart Dance of Day 16


Today was a hard dance for me as leader of the day because as the choreographer I was not allowing myself to learn from others. I, Bethany Williams, picked day 16 to be leader because it was the LAST DAY for the Community Action Project and I was really interested in...

Final Day of Trip


Today is the 17 of July, 2014 and it’s the final night of this amazing Global Glimpse trip to Bonao. My name is Jonah Kirumira, resident of Malden, MA, USA and this entire trip has been an immense learning experience for not only me but all of my peers that I met and...

Day 15 CAP (Ups and downs)


Eggs, bread, fruit, Paint stains, brushes and more early goodbyes. My name is Ocean and I was leader of the day two days in a row. My partner Robert was leader during the first week but recently injured his knee, therefore I shall be telling you all about our day...

Day 14 Free Day and CAP Shopping


My name is Ocean Spikes and my rose for today was the nutella pancakes and strawberries that were served special for my birthday breakfast. I chose to be leader of the day on my birthday because today was originally supposed to be free day and I wanted a very easy and...

Day 13 – CAP Planning and Panel


Mixed emotions, sad goodbyes, packed schedule, and loss of energy. Today was a 2-in-1 due to the off schedule from the past few days. In the morning, we started to plan and brainstorm on what we were going to do for CAP, a community service project to help a mountain...

Day 12 – Community Action Project


Today was a challenging day. The night before, we experienced two members of our group who were diagnosed with the mosquito virus Chikungunya (they are recovered now) but it worried everybody. Because of how worried everybody was, Global Glimpse had their Executive...

Day 11 – Working Like a Local / El Mercado


Flying chickens, rotten vegetables, and crawling insects. Today, we experienced how working as a local in the Dominican Republic felt. We started the day off by waking up at 4:00. At 5:30, we arrived at the market and surprisingly many locals were already there. This...