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| Kids even watching from the trees |
This is the (longwinded yet fantastic) name of a youth project run by PCVs. It was started in 2006 and has grown tremendously over the last several years. It is a coed club, unlike REDES which is just for young girls, that uses different forms of communication to transmit information to students and communities. Projects involve journalism, photo journalism, music, art, and/or theater. Participants use these medium to talk about things like HIV/AIDS, malaria, gender equality, the importance of school, and many other important issues.
On May 20th, the Estaquinha JUNTOS group hosted an exchange involving over 50 students from 3 towns. In the morning, after introductions and ice breakers, a nurse from the local health center came to talk about malaria and how we can best protect ourselves. He was able to answer any and all questions that participants had. After lunch, the many theater pieces and music presentations began. All participants were normal JUNTOS kids, yet they were not the only beneficiaries of the exchange. As the presentations were being held on the school grounds (and the town in extremely small to begin with), people started pouring in from all over. Young kids, other non-JUNTOS students, teachers, and community members gathered around to watch the different events, including a skit about the negative effects of drugs and alcohol, a poem about the dangers of malaria, songs about JUNTOS, and a skit about domestic abuse. The skits were presented in a mixture of Portuguese and Endow (the local language), and by the end of the afternoon, several hundred people had gathered.
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| Get to know you songs |
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| Dancing |
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It was awesome to see so many people getting into the skits, laughing, exclaiming, and (hopefully) learning something. An amazingly successful exchange!
Nurse, presenting about malaria
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| Ian, PCV Mangunde, getting a little help with his keyboarding |
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| Kids gathered to watch |
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