UC Berkeley Nicaragua Winter Break 2017


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Aug 5, 2016 10:33 AM
End Date: Dec 27, 2016 12:00 AM

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.

59% Complete (success)
$36,974.00

of $62,225.00

in donations needed to reach the Initiative Goal


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volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal


Ariana Rosay

Passionate about: 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... [Read More]

Daisy Martin

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Emilia Silverberg

Passionate about: Developing a peaceful and environmental conscious world

Erin Murphy

Passionate about: trees & helping people (and sand crabs)

Javier Rodriguez

Passionate about: Striving to make the world a better place, one act of kindness at a time.

Layla Albalooshi

Passionate about: Empowering communities and Corporate Social Responsibility
Susanne K. Deuerling donated $25 2895 days ago
Jorge Paganin donated $1 2895 days ago
Rosalina Rosay donated $50 2895 days ago
Alex Rosay donated $599 2895 days ago
Mark Gomez donated $5 2895 days ago

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