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| Mombacho, Cigars of Nicaragua |
Today, Spanish classes continued and our group had its first "class trip" to one of the local cigar factories "Mombacho, Cigars of Nicaragua". We got a tour of the factory and our tour guide explained to us how cigars are made. From the plant to the final cigars a series of well-learned procedures and techniques performed by the workers, assures for the quality of the final merchandise. Here are some pics from the trip!
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| Our team at the Cigar factory |
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| Tobacco plant |
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| Rolling cigars... |
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| Factory atrium |
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| Women at work |
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| Our tour guide showing us how cigars are made |
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| Cigar press |
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| Mombacho Cigars |
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| "VIP room" of the Factory |
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| Stack of Nicaraguan cigars |
In the afternoon, we discussed the difference between relief and development work as well as the importance of combining short-term actions with a long-term plan. The articles we read and the discussion that followed emphasized the value of empowering communities to be self-sustainable rather than just handing out products. Like the Chinese proverb says "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." We will put all our efforts into truly incorporating this ideology into our work throughout the next seven weeks.
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