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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 student trip blogs below.

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Aid & Development Day

Today we woke up at 7:20 and we made sure everyone was up within 5 minutes. For breakfast, we had pancakes and eggs with…
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Community Day: Finding Beauty in connection

Hello everyone! It’s Addie and Jahriel ? See all the pictures of today’s adventures here! Today, we led community day, beginning with a great…
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Working Like a Local Day

Hey everyone! It’s Aldene and Abigail, we were the leaders of the day for “Working Like a Local”. It’s day 5 and it is…
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Biocultural Diversity

HEY GUYS !!! It’s Aubrey and Coco; welcome back to our blog!  ? For breakfast, we had a selection of fruits, such as papaya,…
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Baking and Making – Culture Day

Hey all, we’re Lucas and Nicole – today, we had the honor of being the first leaders del día! Today was culture day for…

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Bienvenidos, Panama! – Welcome & Orientation

We made it safely to Panama! Today was a busy day of travel, but we still managed to get a lot of interesting stops…
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Hi Panama!!

Hello family and friends! We hope you are doing well! Mauricio and Larry here again. 21 glimpsers and 2 GG Leaders made it to…
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Let’s go Panama!

Hola! I am so excited for this trip to Panama! I am highly looking forward to trying all the different types of foods and…
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Hello everybody there!

Hello everybody there! We are your Program Coordinators, Mauricio and Larry!  The time to meet in Panamá is so close! We can’t express how…
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Departure

Good morning Families and Friends, We’re happy to share that the group CH1B is now ready to go back to you. We’ve had an…