BLOGS 4 and 5: “Sweet, sweet goodbyes today. All families gathered.” This blog includes two posts from the Ecuador blog crew over the last couple days. The group is now on the move! They had a heartfelt farewell in their host community after making incredible progress on their service projects, passed through the idyllic city […]
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BLOG 3: 13,550ft View from the Top WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES? Global Routes programs are designed to maximize the opportunities for students to experience new environments and ways of seeing the world around them. Our philosophical approach to experiential education utilizes learning discovered during ‘challenge,’ and growth uncovered after ‘challenge,’ as a vehicle
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Blog 3: What is authentic cross-cultural exchange? The students are now deeply embedded in their homestay community in Ecuador, and have nearly completed their second week on the program. As students continue to dive deeper and push their comfort zones, the real growth and learning starts to percolate. At this point, it is perfectly natural
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COSTA RICA BLOG 3: Homestay Life An authentic immersion experience is the hallmark and highlight of all Global Routes programs. Our unique approach focuses the majority of a program’s time and focus within one rural community, and on one primary service project that has been selected by that community. Living in homestays, students work on
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3rd Blog Post: Students in Action! Homestay Community: The students have now received a warm welcome in their homestay community of Qurus, located in a village in the Karatu district of Tanzania. It is located about 160 km from Arusha and 21 km from Karatu town. The community speaks Swahili, Iraqw (a regional language) and
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