This week put an emphasis on the tentative part of our tentative schedule. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the St Patrick’s Day Parade was canceled. But it...

This trip has been a meaningful experience with learning about systemic inequalities and the issues that are prevalent in New Orleans.

On Wednesday, we were able to pour concrete for the sidewalk we started earlier in the week. The sidewalk leads up to the side door, where stairs will eventu...

Today we continued to work on the site making measurements for the concrete project. It felt amazing to see the progress we made at Miss Ann’s house in just ...

Today we started working at our site. It’s a yellow shotgun house owned by a woman named Miss Anne. She has lived at this house almost her entire life, so ev...

Today was the first day of our week long trip to New Orleans as we embarked on the 13 hour car ride from Virginia Tech. As a student who has now enjoyed this...

As I reflect on our first day, I am so excited for what the rest of the week will hold! Even though I experienced this trip last spring break in 2017, I know...

It’s wild to believe that we’ve only been in New Orleans for a just few short days. So many deep personal connections have been formed and so many incredible...

On Wednesday we worked on the Rebuilding Together site at Betty Johnson's home in the 7th Ward, glazing and painting the exterior of her family home that has...

Today was a bittersweet day. We spent our last day working with Rebuilding Together, working towards repairing a New Orleans residents home. During the work ...

Even though we didn’t do any service work today, I think it was our busiest time here. We had a thorough discussion this morning regarding our trip and what ...

Here is a little haiku to start us off: Hot springs in the valley The water was renewing Balance in the world After saying goodbye to our host families, we h...

Our day started out just the same as yesterday: wake up, help our host mom make and eat breakfast, and book it to the community center to meet up with the re...

Today was our first day of reforestation work and after 2 days of hiking, we decided to explore some alternate methods of transportation to get up the mounta...

Two truths and a lie: figure out which one is not true 8 college students voluntarily woke up before 5:00AM We hiked a volcano that was about 70 degrees at t...

Today we left the city of Quito and moved north to Otavalo with a few stops for pictures. Otavalo lies in a valley and is known for the proud heritage of the...

Today we started the morning with a great breakfast at our hostel. Then we set off for Quito to meet up with our guide, Gustavo. Gustavo took us to the Ecuas...

Everyone woke up this morning excited to learn about and participate in another volunteer organization a.k.a. not be chipping paint of a wall for the nth con...

It’s Thursday, the 4th day of the trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.  We did some scraping of old paint and painting today. One of the experiences that I greatl...