Santa Cruz Nicaragua Spring Break 2016


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Apr 2, 2016 11:00 PM
End Date: Apr 10, 2016 11:00 PM

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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Anastasia Leopold

Passionate about: Respect, acceptance, education, good design, learning new things, and bettering people's lives. I love being outdoors and in my community making a difference.

Ariana Boostani

Passionate about: I'm passionate about making a difference in the world and creating a community that is safe for everyone. I want to help change the world and be a part of something beneficial to the environment and c... [Read More]

Chloe Gentile-Montgomery

Passionate about: I am passionate about dancing, learning, and helping others when possible. I am passionate about Global Student Embassy and I am passionate about making a difference in this world.

Emilie Stevens

Passionate about: I want to be able to tell my stories in the future, and look back at all the good times I had; about all the new people I met, things I did, and about the impact I made on the world. :)
[Org. Admin] jordan globalstudentembassy.org donated $-830 2950 days ago
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Meghan Thomas donated $1 3190 days ago
Elizabeth Mendoza donated $1 3190 days ago
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