Katie Hill

Seattle, WA

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I believe that we all have a responsibility to those who cannot help themselves. For anyone who can't access adequate amounts of food, water, or shelter, I want to help them meet their needs. I am most passionate about challenging food insecurity. I've worked many hours in food banks and soup kitchens, helping to repackage, prepare, and serve food. I'm really excited to have this opportunity to go to Nicaragua and work on planting food forests and building shelters!

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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.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $2,289.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

Kaitlyn Hill donated $224

Feb 04, 2017 10:09 PM

Keith Hill donated $300

Saying "308"

Jan 09, 2017 11:36 PM

Donna Hill donated $100

Saying "8966"

Jan 03, 2017 11:50 PM

Anthony D. Kelly donated $100

Dec 29, 2016 11:19 PM

Philip Bouldin donated $100

Dec 20, 2016 07:08 PM

Jeanine Hill donated $1,000

Saying "2470"

Dec 09, 2016 07:00 PM

Hannah Renton donated $20

Dec 02, 2016 01:30 PM

Brett Hunsaker donated $100

Dec 02, 2016 06:44 AM

Dylan Bartos donated $25

Dec 02, 2016 05:12 AM

Anonymous donated $150

Dec 02, 2016 04:50 AM

Donald J Rogers donated $20

Dec 02, 2016 04:24 AM

Kaitlyn Hill donated $150

Nov 12, 2016 04:17 PM

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