March celebrated International Woman’s Day at Clara Luna by Edward Feeley Clara Luna planned many activities of Club de Niños during this month around the celebration of courageous and influential women of the world. One source of inspiration and information about heroic women was the book “ Cuentos de Buenas Noches para Niñas Rebeldes “ […]
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Charles Darwin’s Birthday in February at Clara Luna by Marina Morel February began with the Popular Consultation in Clara Luna. Every member of Clara Luna got an ID card for the “Republic of Clara Luna” and voted yes or no on seven questions concerning future activities of the foundation. Would you like to meet an […]
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A Magical January at Clara Luna by Nina Unternährer After the Christmas break we dove into the world of magic. The magic was amusing not only for the kids, but also for the volunteers. Ed, Lino, Paola, and Nina very enthusiastically practiced magic tricks, which they can presented to the kids. We became proper magicians […]
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December at CL by Lino Wiede The beginning of December at Clara Luna was all about Human Rights. After coming back from the trip up north Paola, Antonia, and me, Lino, realized several ideas and projects to get the kids closer to the subject of Human Rights. We started off with creating a special “Clara […]
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November started out very relaxed with a four day weekend “Day of the Dead Feriado” giving Paola, Joseph, Scott and Linda time to recharge after their trip to the north. The team was joined by the new volunteer Antonia from Germany. Saddly Scott and Linda left near the end of November after spending two months […]
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In early October we said goodbye to Szilvia, and we also began to plan for our next theme. Following up the success of the Clara Luna Olympics was a difficult task, but we decided that a theme like the Legends (Leyendas) of Ecuador would be appropriate for a month that includes Halloween and Dia De […]
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OLYMPIC SEPTEMBER BY SZILVIA MESTER We started the Olympics theme in Clara Luna in the Kids Club. At first we talked about the antique Olympics, we played games, for example we tried the movements of discos. In the activity we made olive branch with them. Then we spoke about the modern Olympics; we watched recording […]
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AUGUST OF THE HOSPITALITY In August, we were joined in the activities by Guillaume from England and Melissa from Germany. Club de Niños learned of hospitality, through the stories and activities they learned The Humanity Rainbow, the children of the world, their rights, the causes and consequences of the migration, and they discovered Human Values such […]
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JULY “THE MADNESS IN BICYCLE” In this month we were accompanied by Peter from the United States, Matthew, Hennie and Hanna from Germany, Eva from Spain. In July, the children worked on stories with the theme of Diversity. We had our first “Fair Clara Luna” where there was a garage sale, reading activities, yoga for […]
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JUNE “MONTH OF YELLOW, GREEN AND RED MONSTERS”. We started the month with Caitlin and Peter from the United States, Mateo and Hennie from Germany, Bobbi and Tate from Canada. The Children’s Club took off from stories of monsters, began with Maurice Sendak’s classic “Where the Wild Things Are”, then went to Anna Llenas’s “Monstruo […]
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