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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.

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day 6: Sustainable Development Day

Hey family and friends! Today was day 6: Sustainable Development Day, which me (Helen) and Dylan were leaders of the day!!!! As usual, we…
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“I have sand in my ears”

Starting with a nice and relaxing 8:00 AM wakeup, we got ready for our well deserved day at the beach. Breakfast was eggs with…
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Success: We Did It! (CAP DAY 2)

Good morning, friends and family. Justin and I (Lucas) were LDDs in charge of continuing the CAP project. I was abruptly woken up at…
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Day 5: Community Action Project Day #1

¡Hola from Costa Rica! This is Dolcé, Chris Garcia, and Jordany. We had another fun and exciting day with our first CAP task. We…
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CAP Execution Day 3

Hola! It’s your leaders of the day Samarah, Kelly, and Melaine. This morning we woke everyone up at 6:30am sharp and headed down for…

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Day 5: Immigration day

Today we woke up early at 5:30 AM. We travelled by the bus for about 4 hours to a meeting with Reginald Kerolle. On…
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Nursing With the Turtles

Today, we were split up into new groups to get to know each other better. One group was building the wall to protect the…
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day 4: Visiting turrialba downtown

¡Hola chicos y chicas! These are your leaders from August 14—Norman Sorokin and Izabel Maruzzelli—checking in! Today was FANTASTICO. We had such an amazing…
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Rainbow after the rain!

We woke up to heavy rain outside our windows; the sky was dark and gloomy. . . but we had a project that needed…
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Day 7: CAP DAY 1!!!

Hola!!! It’s the Líderes Del Dia: Skylar, Brekti, and Athai! Today was another fantastic day, as we officially started our Community Action Project, yay!…