This past weekend, I took a couple young ladies to the Brigada Verde (my environmental awareness club) National Conference. We had charlas on human impact, water contamination, respecting the environment, endemic species, organic pesticides, and HIV/AIDS (some of our funds came from an HIV awareness/prevention grant endowment so we had to do an awareness charla). We went to the national aquarium and a national park.
I was really proud of my girls. They participated in all the activities, and they shared some of their environmental knowledge with the rest of the youth. My oldest youth and co-leader of our group, eighteen-year-old Alexa, did some investigating to find out how we can strengthen our club and recruit new members. I really admire her motivation!
I’ve included some photos for your enjoyment!
My youth Sofia and I (no, she's not American... she's Dominican with Austrian parents)
Alexa, Sofia, and me
Volunteer Mica and a youth performing the "Onion dance"
Co-teaching the HIV/AIDS charla. First we discussed stats and the basic info, then we showed a short film featuring a woman living with HIV, and afterward, we broke the youth into groups and gave them each a situation to discuss.
A group of youth with Volunteer Kathy discussing their HIV/AIDS situation
Walking through the national park with the park "Ingeniero" (Engineer - Dominicans use formal titles a lot here... For instance, I'm "Licensiada" or "Profe")
Fun with boats!
And of course, cake!!!!
Accepting our certificates for participation
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