Over Spring Break, a group of Cornell students went on a community service trip to Nicaragua with the Cornell chapter of an organization called Bridges to Community. Working in the community of Fonseca in Siuna, Nicaragua — the volunteers built latrines and stoves, worked with children in schools, and labored on agricultural projects. Junior Simon Taranto, also a Sun senior photographer, chronicled the trip.

1. We are the World

1. At a goodbye ceremony for the visiting Cornell students, local children stand in front of the mural they painted with the title “Mundo Mejor” (“Better World”).

2. Under the Sea

2. A boy peers through the side of the schoolhouse by the mural that elementary school students painted.

3. Welcome to the Neighborhood

3. Young girls from the community of Fonseca in Siuna, Nicaragua gather for a meeting to welcome Cornell students working there through Bridges to Community. One of the responsibilities of the Cornell students was to work with children in the schools.

4. Boys Will Be Boys

4. Another scene from the goodbye ceremony in Fonseca.

5. Let There Be Light

5. Generator-powered lighting comes on as the goodbye ceremony runs late into the evening.