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2024 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 2024 student trip blogs below.

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Final Reflection Day 🙁 (No. 8)

Today, we started with an early wake-up call at 7:30 am and ate breakfast. Then, we conducted a 3-hour program seminar to conclude the…
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JA1A Return Flight Information

Hello family and friends of the JA1A Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers after these two weeks, so we…
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Day 12: CAP Delivery 3

Today we started with an early wake up call at 7:00 am, ate breakfast, then left to go work on our CAP (Community Action…
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Day 11: CAP Delivery 2 (No. 2)

Hey everybody, Today was a continuation of the project we began yesterday. We woke up as usual at 7:30 AM, had breakfast, and made…
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Day 10: CAP Delivery 1

Hey everyone, we’ve had a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG day of work! Today we finally started making our CAP project come to life. We took the safari…

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Deconstructing Poverty Day – Dump Site & Waterfall

Hey!! Today, we got to have a needed extra hour of sleep. We woke up at 7:30 AM. We had a wonderful breakfast and…
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Community Day + Ngan’s bday 🙂

Another day of waking up at 6:30 (At least we ate breakfast!) Then, we got to take the safari bus to Sonido De Yaque.…
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Day 7: Fun day, Beach Day!!!

Hola! Today, we woke up early morning around 6:00 am, and walked to the beach right after breakfast. While at the beach, we went…
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Day 6: Immigration, Sugar cane, and Coconuts! 🙂

Hey guys, welcome back to the blog! Its Gabe and Yuli! Today, we were the Student Leaders of the day, it was fun and…
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DAY 5: Aid and Development Day (No. 2)

Hola familias! Today we had the wonderful opportunity of visiting a local organization (Plan Yaque) here in Jarabacoa that focuses on a variety of…