Monday and Tuesday, the 1st and 2nd of March, Guaruma hosted an art workshop for its students with the help of Julie Olson and Elizabeth Mini-Hoeller from the United States. The two women taught the kids how to make fabrics with nature designs using paint and organic material such as flowers and leaves.
All the groups in Las Mangas participated and enjoyed the project despite rain on the second day.
Elizabeth Mini-Hoeller was born in Honduras and currently works as an artist in the United States. Julie Olson works for Medical Brigades and has made more than 14 trips to Honduras. The kids’ designs will be turned into a quilt for the classroom in Las Mangas.
To see more photos, check out the workshop photo gallery.
Thank you Elizabeth Mini-Hoeller and Julie Olson for your support of Guaruma and the education of youth in the Cangrejal watershed!
Saturday February 17th Fabrizio and Chris supervised 16 Guaruma students on a trip to the insect museum in La Ceiba and Sambo Creek. At the museum Mr. Robert Lehman gave a talk about the importance of insects and world’s various species of bugs. We learned that cockroaches can survive 40 days without food and that butterflies use their antennae to find flowers and fruit.
After this talk, we went to the Sambo Creek Community Center for lunch and a discussion of Garifuana culture led by Mr. Edgar Blanco of Sambo Creek. Mr. Blanco spoke about the different languages that resemble the Garifuana language and their different types of music.
After lunch, the students took photos on the beach, played football, and went swimming in the sea.
February 19th Guaruma celebrated the birthdays of two volunteers: Fabrizio Rosano (the computer technology teacher), born 02/19/1985, and Camilo López (who works for Guaruma Plus), born 02/17/1992.
After eating, we were fortunate to enjoy a tres leches cake prepared by Selma. That night, the whole team celebrated the day with a delicious Italian dinner.
Thanks to Selma and all the other participants.
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