Our trip!


I returned home from Nicaragua last Friday and since then I have had time to reflect on my trip. In this post I will write about what we did on our trip, and in my next post I will discuss what the next step of our project will be.

Our first day in Nicaragua we went to visit Volcano Masaya, which is an active volcano. It was beautiful, but the drive there took much longer than expected, so it took the entire day.

The next day, we visited the rural village in which we would be fixing the bio sand water filtration systems and installing eco-stoves. Since I am not an engineer, there was not much I could do to help with the installation of the stoves, so I painted the water filtration systems that had already been installed in the homes.

There were two other non-engineers in my group, and together we determined that it would be much more beneficial for us to turn our focus elsewhere, rather than on the technical aspects of the project.  We rode on a mobile library, called the "book mobile", which is a car that travels to the multiple rural schools so the children can check out books. I really enjoyed this experience, because the children were truly grateful to be given the opportunity to read.

The next day we returned to the rural village to finish installing the eco-stoves. The installation was successful and the home owners were excited to have a more efficient way of cooking.

Here are some pictures of our trip!