Jarabacoa 2024!

This summer I experienced the opportunity of a lifetime with Global Glimpse! This non-profit organization allows High School students to travel internationally during the summer of their junior year to a country to impact the designated destination positively. Once I heard about them I was heavily interested not only to travel but to gain new insight and knowledge. Thanks to them and their donors, I could travel with them to the Dominican Republic with Financial help. My group and I had the honor to help a community in Jarabacoa of around 24 families by giving them access to clean water for their daily use through an aqueduct system! We worked 3 days straight, and on the final day, we saw our progress with the community. Seeing the results and the happy faces of the people we helped felt amazing. I was so happy to impact someone's life positively. Throughout the two weeks, we went to other places to learn and help different communities. We went to help a sustainable community in El Sonido Del Yaque with chores and cooking, Learned about the Indigenous people the Tainos, and their culture, and even helped at a coffee farm! We also had fun days of exploration and going to the beach! I learned leadership skills and gained valuable knowledge. It was a powerful life-changing experience which gave me a new way of looking at life. Our parents back at home could see a vlog on the official website that we glimpsers would update daily after our nightly meetings which made us feel close from miles away! I made many tight-bonded friendships in two weeks, everyone got so comfortable so quickly. You think at first that two weeks is a lot but those two weeks go by so fast that at the end of your adventure you don't want to leave. There were times I got homesick but everyone always made sure to be there for each other which helped me a lot. Every part of it was enjoyable and I'm glad that I was able to experience this unique adventure. The Global Glimpse team was so kind to us all and made sure we were always comfortable and safe. I will forever treasure the things I gained from this trip. This trip helped me to become a better person. I wanted to be able to support communities and leave solutions that will stick with them for a long time because the service-learning and experiencing other people's situations made me more sympathetic. It was truly a great experience, and I heartily recommend it to anybody eager to understand different cultures and want to give back to the community!