Los Fox hanging up the
propaganda (here, it just means publicity) for the Youth Festival. Back in March, we and our main man Gerardo applied for a grant from an awesome NGO in the States called Kids-to-Kids. On the first weekend of October, months of planning paid off as the youth of our pueblo demonstrated their athletic and musical talents. After the Festival, this banner was stolen.
The first day of the festival consisted of a foot race competition between the schools of our pueblo. It was a very tight competition.
medallas y trofeos
the awards ceremony. . .This whole festival was meant to give the youth a chance to be an integral part of the planning of an event that would benefit them. Getting the youth involved is extremely difficult. They’re not used to having their thoughts valued, so they hesitate to speak up. The teachers aren’t used to having to value the youth, so they try to dominate every meeting, etc. So, getting a youth to be the speaker at the awards ceremony was an uphill battle in various aspects. During our planning meetings, the teachers were mostly against the idea of a youth speaker. We convinced them, reminding them that the grant required youth participation. However, in the moment this young chap was reaching for the microphone, a teacher tried to intercept. Hierarchy is just so ingrained into all aspects of life here. We’re really rocking the boat. We were very pleased with the following day’s activities which were completely orchestrated by community youth!
the winners!
Earlier this year, the new mayor introduced free karate classes to the pueblo. We were able to incorporate the karate kids into the festival.
Kelly and The Karate Kid
Los Fox hanging up the propaganda (here, it just means publicity) for the Youth Festival. Back in March, we and our main man Gerardo applied for a grant from an awesome NGO in the States called Kids-to-Kids. On the first weekend of October, months of planning paid off as the youth of our pueblo demonstrated their athletic and musical talents. After the Festival, this banner was stolen.
The first day of the festival consisted of a foot race competition between the schools of our pueblo. It was a very tight competition.
medallas y trofeos
the awards ceremony. . .This whole festival was meant to give the youth a chance to be an integral part of the planning of an event that would benefit them. Getting the youth involved is extremely difficult. They’re not used to having their thoughts valued, so they hesitate to speak up. The teachers aren’t used to having to value the youth, so they try to dominate every meeting, etc. So, getting a youth to be the speaker at the awards ceremony was an uphill battle in various aspects. During our planning meetings, the teachers were mostly against the idea of a youth speaker. We convinced them, reminding them that the grant required youth participation. However, in the moment this young chap was reaching for the microphone, a teacher tried to intercept. Hierarchy is just so ingrained into all aspects of life here. We’re really rocking the boat. We were very pleased with the following day’s activities which were completely orchestrated by community youth!
the winners!
Earlier this year, the new mayor introduced free karate classes to the pueblo. We were able to incorporate the karate kids into the festival. 
Kelly and The Karate Kid
1 comment:
Just got caught up on all the Blog - great pictures...it looks so pretty there..clear skies, festive dresses etc... THe festival looked great
Loved the commentaries MOM
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