Hola! We are wrapping up the program on the beach in Uvita with some awesome surf lessons! It’s been amazing to see students catch their very first waves and we’re feeling so grateful for our awesome instructor, Carlos “Diablo.” The transition from our homestay community has been bittersweet with lots of laughter, lots of smiles…and […]
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Hard to believe!! It’s our last full day in the community! Our primary service project is nearly complete, our English students have graduated with flying colors, we’ve been playing football in the clouds, learning how to process sugarcane! We’ll be celebrating our experience with the community despedida, where we’ll dance, eat, celebrate…and probably cry just
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Hola Mundo!! We are officially halfway through the program! Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday we were finally united at SJO airport…and we can’t believe how close we have come, how much we have bonded, how many obstacles we’ve overcome, and how much we’ve accomplished in such a short week! After
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Did you know that the ability to pepper conversation with appropriate proverbs (methali) is much admired in Tanzania? Here’s one of our favorites translated from Swahili: Kila ndege huruka na mbawa zake: Every bird flies with its own wings 16 high school students from Notre Dame Academy flew today from Boston to Amsterdam to Tanzania, where
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By the time you’re reading this, our incredible Notre Dame Academy ticas* are back in Massachusetts, reunited with their families, and sharing their travel tales in their own voices. Here’s a quick wrap-up of their final days in Costa Rica! (*Tico/tica is a name for the people of Costa Rica!) The girls’ community projects concluded successfully, with
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