This is goodbye to bumpy bus rides and chocolate coated bananas frozen on lollipop sticks. Goodbye to slurping hot soups in sweltering sun and listening to omnipresent latino rhythms. This is goodbye to JUCONI and the fantastic young people of Guayaquil .
It was never going to be easy saying goodbye to over 100 young people in one week. We will simply miss the lot of them. We feel very privileged to have worked with these young talented individuals and to be apart of the cmap project. We´ve seen first hand how the project not only helps to develop communication and creative skills but can boost self confidence and improve individual and collective behaviour. Above all the project provides the children with a safe alternative space away from work on the streets and offers them a space in which they are free to be children, a space in which they can play.
Art club wouldn´t be possible without the fantastic support of the JUCONI staff and all the volunteers who have helped us in the past eight months. We would like to especially mention Katie who has helped us with the energetic children of Isla Triniteria every Friday afternoon. We would also like to say a gigantic thank you to everyone who sponsored and supported us in Denmark and the UK . It´s been an incredible experience.
