Education in the Face of Poverty
My first trip to Nicaragua in two words, eye opening. When I was 14 years old I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua from the Vail Valley, going from my small town with very little poverty to some of the most severe poverty I have ever imagined. In staying a part of CGA I traveled on three more trips that have opened my eyes to a whole other side of life across the ocean. From the home visits to driving around every country and seeing little things, piles of trash on the roads, little girls walking with gallons of water on their head because there was no other way to get water. All of the countries that Children’s Global Alliance travels to are severely stricken by poverty. Every time I travel I try to think how can this just happen, how does the cycle of poverty begin in a family, and why is it so difficult to get out of that cycle. In every place that I have traveled t...