Como te llamas?

We've been here just over a month and been called many names. Lone's name  was initially confused with the Spanish word for moon so we were quickly christened Luna y Sol to much amusement. There was also an attempt to label Andy, Casper the Friendly ghost, due to his pale complexion but thanks to a slight bronzing of the skin the name has never stuck. Our latino names of choice now seem to be Manolito (a diminuitive form of a very manly man's name) and Juanita for reasons that have never been explained.

Names are important to us at the moment as we're going to be running workshops with about 100 children in the coming months and we're keen to get on to a first name basis as quickly as possible. We've spent this week running a series of introductory workshops, playing name games and asking the children to make and decorate name badges to enable us to greet them properly and avoid merely grunting in their direction. The kids were enjoying making their badges and loving having their picture taken afterwards, all beaming with pride!