Today our groups had the chance to visit two amazing NGOs: Tiny Toones and PSE. At Tiny Toones, we spoke with Short, the General Manager of the school. He was born in Thailand in a refugee camp after his parents fled from Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. They were able to resettle in the United...
Today was our first full day in La Fortuna! Yesterday was mainly a travel day, but we did get to have a cooking class for dinner! We also all got to meet our host families yesterday, and all of them are super friendly and welcoming. The houses are all very close together, and are connected by...
Today we had a hard day at work in the morning. Everyone is doing very well digging their holes. My group has dug our hole to over five feet. We then came back and had a delicious lunch. We all rested for a little while, and some of us washed our laundry. Before it...