Day 8 in Puerto Rico
DAY 8: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
Today was our final day in Puerto Rico. After a very full day of exploring the Old San Juan and Santurce, the group arrived at the airport for its return to Sonoma. All is well …
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Day 7 in Puerto Rico
DAY 7: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
Our last day on the farm in Arroyo has come to a close. Today we went back to Trama farm to clear brush to begin the next set of seeding beds and water all the …
Day 6 in Puerto Rico
DAY 6: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
Today, Thursday we went to the town of Coamo for a tour of the city. Coamo was the first southern town founded in Puerto Rico and therefore is home to much of this side of …
Day 5 in Puerto Rico
DAY 5: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
On Wednesday we visited the farm of Miguel Cora. Miguel is 75 years old and has lived here in Arroyo his entire life. As you saw in the photos, our group planted 69 banana trees …
Day 4 in Puerto Rico
DAY 4: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
Day 4 has come to a close. Today we were visited by Steven Silvestrini, a student at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. Steven is a botanist who works for a cooperative at …
Day 3 in Puerto Rico
DAY 3: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
The sun has set on our third day here in Puerto Rico. This morning we began our work in the Trama farm. Our team divided into three groups to work on different tasks. The first …
Day 2 in Puerto Rico
DAY 2: FROM DOMINIC TOMMASI:
Everyone has just gone down for bed on an eventful second day. We began with the first visit to the Trama farm where we got to know the area, learned how to use the various …
First Seeds of Learning Work Group Arrives to Puerto Rico- Day 1
The first Seeds of Learning work group has arrived to Puerto Rico on Saturday, March 16th at 12:30 PM. They were met by SOL Puerto Rico staff member Dominic Tommasi as well as SOL Nicaragua staff member Julian Guevara.
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Tipitapa project updates
By Casey Callais 10/16/2017 — The year has been busy with both exciting projects and hard-working volunteer groups. And now that the work groups have come and gone, the projects continue. Here is a quick update on where we are …
A service trip to Nicaragua. What none of us imagined but everything we hoped.
The following post is from a volunteer who we had the pleasure of hosting from the University of Nebraska Athletics department. The group volunteered a week of their time during a service trip to Nicaragua helping to build a school …