Los Patojos - Jocotenango, Guatemala

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In January and May of 2010, I had the privilege to work with Los Patojos (The Little Ones), an after-school program for local youth.

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During my time with the program I was responsible for the following:

• Weekly arts and crafts with a 3rd grade class

• Maintaining the volunteer blog

• Evening English language courses for adults

• Translation of emails and documents

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When I returned in May, I brought my mother with me and we led a multi-week lesson on theater. The students wrote scripts, made sock puppets, and presented their plays to the whole program

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Through this experience, I learned what reciprocity can truly look like in service learning/work and develop numerous transferable skills:

• Spanish language (intermediate)

• Translation

• Lesson planning and design

• Community needs-assessment

• Fundraising and messaging

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