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The task was brought to the education interns to create a pen pal project with the children in San Miguel and one of the previous intern, Celia Daly’s Spanish classes at The Atlanta School in the United States. Celia Daly teaches Spanish in Atlanta, Georgia to children of ages ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade. [...] Read More
Typically Halloween is a time to dress up, eat candy until your stomach hurts and watch pee-your-pants scary movies. Of course this years Halloween has all of that, but a couple of nights ago, on the Saturday before Halloween, the Community Outreach interns combined forces with a popular backpackers’ hostel in Panama City, Luna’s Castle, [...] Read More
by Sarah Tyler
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
Sarah Tyler, Kalu Yala's Creative Director, presents KALU YALA'S SPRING 2012 INTERNSHIP TRAILER! Watch to experience what the secret's all about. The past, the present, the trials, the triumphs, and all of it encapsulated. We are currently accepting Interns for our upcoming Spring semester beginning January 16th, 2012. Peek the preview! Read More
This week was our second workshop of the “El Taller” series. Our focus was poetry. It started something like this: “Everyone has ten pieces of paper; papelitos.” “Imagine I have magic glitter in my hand. Now I give a little bit to everyone; to you, and you, and you, and… So you all have this [...] Read More
This past Saturday Kalu Yala (Mimi Powell) and Hecha y Derecha joined forces by holding a “venta de patio,” better known as a yard sale. With twelve trash bags full of donated items by the head and founder of Hecha y Derecha, Virginia Campo, this yard sale was a huge success. The inspiration sprouted from [...] Read More
This past Wednesday from 3:00pm – 5:00pm en La Cancha we held our first “taller” of a series of workshops that will focus on art, theatre and storytelling. The first taller was encuadernación – book making. We were joined by the kids from the school in San Miguel and two compas from INAC (Instituto Nacional de Cultura). To [...] Read More
Blair details how the children in San Miguel appreciate the little things. She discusses the first soccer practice and what she looks forward to in the practices to come. Read More
Alida talks about her second week in San Miguel; a project finishing a classroom, framework for the EFL Program curriculum, and building with a new friend. Read More
Kalu Yala Education Program Intern Ian Cohen discusses his dance background, his attempt to bring “breaking” to San Miguel and creating a culture of the arts for Kalu Yala. Read More
by Shannon Hanby
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Adventures in the Tropics, Our Global Community, Voices of Kalu Yala
Shannon explores the common animals found in San Miguel and what those animals tell us about the community. Dogs, horses, and chickens create an interesting story of San Miguel that would not be seen without these animals. Through daily interactions, Shannon has learned more about the community through the animals. Read More
The task was brought to the education interns to create a pen pal project with the children in San Miguel and one of the previous intern, Celia Daly’s Spanish classes at The Atlanta School in the United States. Celia Daly teaches Spanish in Atlanta, Georgia to children of ages ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade. [...] Read More
Typically Halloween is a time to dress up, eat candy until your stomach hurts and watch pee-your-pants scary movies. Of course this years Halloween has all of that, but a couple of nights ago, on the Saturday before Halloween, the Community Outreach interns combined forces with a popular backpackers’ hostel in Panama City, Luna’s Castle, [...] Read More
by Sarah Tyler
Posted In: Adventures in the Tropics, Designing the Village, Our Global Community, The Creation of a Culture
Sarah Tyler, Kalu Yala's Creative Director, presents KALU YALA'S SPRING 2012 INTERNSHIP TRAILER! Watch to experience what the secret's all about. The past, the present, the trials, the triumphs, and all of it encapsulated. We are currently accepting Interns for our upcoming Spring semester beginning January 16th, 2012. Peek the preview! Read More
This week was our second workshop of the “El Taller” series. Our focus was poetry. It started something like this: “Everyone has ten pieces of paper; papelitos.” “Imagine I have magic glitter in my hand. Now I give a little bit to everyone; to you, and you, and you, and… So you all have this [...] Read More
This past Saturday Kalu Yala (Mimi Powell) and Hecha y Derecha joined forces by holding a “venta de patio,” better known as a yard sale. With twelve trash bags full of donated items by the head and founder of Hecha y Derecha, Virginia Campo, this yard sale was a huge success. The inspiration sprouted from [...] Read More
This past Wednesday from 3:00pm – 5:00pm en La Cancha we held our first “taller” of a series of workshops that will focus on art, theatre and storytelling. The first taller was encuadernación – book making. We were joined by the kids from the school in San Miguel and two compas from INAC (Instituto Nacional de Cultura). To [...] Read More
Blair details how the children in San Miguel appreciate the little things. She discusses the first soccer practice and what she looks forward to in the practices to come. Read More
Alida talks about her second week in San Miguel; a project finishing a classroom, framework for the EFL Program curriculum, and building with a new friend. Read More
Kalu Yala Education Program Intern Ian Cohen discusses his dance background, his attempt to bring “breaking” to San Miguel and creating a culture of the arts for Kalu Yala. Read More
by Shannon Hanby
Posted In: A Home Grown Economy, Adventures in the Tropics, Our Global Community, Voices of Kalu Yala
Shannon explores the common animals found in San Miguel and what those animals tell us about the community. Dogs, horses, and chickens create an interesting story of San Miguel that would not be seen without these animals. Through daily interactions, Shannon has learned more about the community through the animals. Read More
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