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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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JA2A Return Flight Info

Hello families of JA2A, We just wanted to leave a quick blog with return flight information for both halves of the students tomorrow. 5…
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Last Cap Day (6-27-22)

Today, we woke up and ate breakfast, then we went to go work at the CAP(Community Action Project) site for 3-4 hours. After eating…
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6/26 CAP Workday #2 – The Dirty Work

Good day! Today the Global Glimpse students went back to the CAP (Community Action Project) worksite to continue working on a water treatment system.…
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CAP Day 1 (6-25-22)

Today, me and my peers went to a finished wasteland site, where we learned that we were building a similar site. Something that surprised…
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Work Like a Local/ Global Business (06-24-22)

Hello! This is Christina (Tina) and Edith, the líderes del día for global business/work like a local day. Yesterday, Friday the 24th we went…

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Immigration Day (06-21-22)

After a three hour drive we arrived at our new home for the night. We, then, made our way to ASCALA, an organization run…
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Hey Happy Followers, the Blog is Back Up!

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…
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Today we learned our new project!

Hey everyone, today we started our day by learning the history of Jarabacoa. The class was taught by our PC (Angelica) and after our…
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First Day, In The Bag! 6-18-22

Sorry this is getting out so late! Our first official day in country from start to finish, started out with a beautiful, sunny day.…
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Happy Father’s Day!! (No. 2)

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…