Ariana Rosay

Berkeley, California

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If you know me, then you know I'm all about the outdoors. My passion and love for nature stemmed from an early age and helped me grow into the environmental advocate that I am today. In high school, I devoted hundreds and hundreds of hours to organizations such as Tree People, Outdoor Environmental Science School, Children’s Nature Institute, and Rustic Pathways in hopes to promote environmentally sustainable practices. For my next four years at UC Berkeley, and for the rest of my life, I hope to live a life filled with environmental advocacy.

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UC Berkeley Nicaragua Winter Break 2017



Ariana's Message

Through my studies in the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley, I have become a part of the Global Student Embassy in hopes to share my passion for environmental advocacy. Global Student Embassy (GSE) is a non profit-organization, working to empower youth from Northern California, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panama, to be conscious community leaders through action-oriented environmental education. Last year, I devoted many hours of manual labor in the rural village of Bribri, Costa Rica to create a sustainable fish farm; this winter break, I hope to continue promoting environmentally sustainable practices in the foothills of Boaco, Nicaragua. For my upcoming trip, I am asking for your support in helping me reach my goal of $2,239. Any contribution made is welcome and much appreciated.

Thank you so, so much for your continuous love and support.
Ariana Rosay

Volunteer Activity Description

NICARAGUA
TRAVEL.
Traveling with GSE means working alongside our Nicaraguan peers, hiking up a volcano through the mist of Lake Nicaragua, and visiting beautiful colonial Leon, a center of culture and history with many beautiful murals and cathedrals. Students experience Nicaragua through discussions about the countries social and environmental history. GSE Nicaragua staff and students welcome groups to their community and share their experience working on their school farms. Participants sample delicious local cuisine served at family farms, at local restaurants, as well as meals specially prepared for us and brought to our hostel.

LEARN.
Hands-on service-learning projects and cultural exchanges provide students with life changing learning opportunities. Students develop organic farming skills, practice Spanish, and participate in grassroots international relations while building crucial 21st century skills such as cross-cultural communication and collaboration.

IMPACT.
Last year students helped to build an irrigation system for a 1.5-acre school farm, a 10 x 15 meter greenhouse, and two medium-sized school gardens. The overall focus is on expanding production, building new garden sites, and developing a capacity to harvest plots year round by installing water tanks and well systems which will increase the number of harvest cycles by 40%. 100% of the produce grown will go to feeding hundreds of local students. Crops grown include: mangos, bananas, yuca, corn, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, and many others.

GROW.
Plants aren’t the only things that grow! International travel facilitates profound transformation for students. Students return home with an understanding of a new culture, with new friends, and an inspiration to make change in their local and global community.

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