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Voluntourism Spotlight: Working with Oaxacan Children

FEATURED POSTS, MEXICO & CENTRAL AMERICA, VOLUNTOURISM — ON OCTOBER 10, 2012 8:30 AM 

We’ve told you about arts and culture in Oaxaca and now we’re focusing on the state’s youngest residents. Find out the unique socioeconomic problems in the community and what you can do to help in our latestVoluntourism Spotlight.  Check back every Wednesday for more voluntourism opportunitiesand tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio on Saturday for more information.

Oaxaca StreetChildren Grassroots is a U.S. non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to provide Oaxacan children living in extreme poverty with an education. At their center in Oaxaca, El Centro de Esperanza Infantil, they provide nutritious meals, medical care, and all support necessary for more than 600 children to attend public school.

Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s poorest states. Many of its more than 3 million inhabitants subsist on a few dollars a day. Rural children lack clean drinking water and basic sanitation. Many children and their families move from isolated and rural regions to Oaxaca City (the capital) in search of safety and a better life. However, once there, the youngest members of the family often sell trinkets to tourists on the street to help support their family.

At El Centro de Esperanza Infantil, Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots aims to break this cycle by giving children the opportunity to attend school and gain the skills necessary to become successful and contributing members of Mexican society.

A brief history

Harold and Jodi Bauman founded Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots in 1996. They first came to Oaxaca on vacation in 1984 were deeply troubled by the many young children they saw selling trinkets in the streets and parks during the day and late into the night.

Initially Jodi and Harold began to help one Triqui (a Oaxacan Indigenous group) family enroll their children in school. Each year they expanded their efforts and spent more and more time in Oaxaca, eventually moving there. By 1996, with the generous help of friends, Jodi and Harold were supporting approximately seventy children. They soon realized that they could help even more children attend school if they formalized their initiative; with the help of others, they chartered Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots creating the child-sponsorship program.

By the end of 1997, 148 children had found sponsors with the help of Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots. The number continues to climb and today over 600 children have sponsors who support them through Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots.

The organization holds the Mexican equivalent of a United States 501(c) (3) charitable organization status. As a result, Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots is able to fund services on site in Oaxaca.

What you can do

Volunteers play a vital role in keeping  El Centro de Esperanza Infantil alive. Opportunities range from a day of short-term work assisting in the kitchen or working with the children on art projects to long-term work fundraising and grant writing. Volunteers are needed year round. They have been known to take walk-ins, but they recommend contacting them directly to make arrangements.

This opportunity is only volunteer work, participants are responsible for their own travel accommodations. No monetary donations are required although donations are kindly accepted. Click here to find out more.

By Kari Adwell for PeterGreenberg.com

Feature image credit Wikimedia user Hajor

Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Mexican Cooking Classes in Puerto Escondido
Learn about Mexican Salsas and More in Cooking Class. Experience a Guided Shopping Tour of the Local Market, Learn how to Buy, Prepare and Use Local ...
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Ian Walsh @ Puerto Escondido #surfphoto of the year by Surfer Mag

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Puerto Escondido saw a great May

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"After having a really bad June, the first week of July was greeted with flawless conditions," explained Puerto photog Edwin Morales. "As good as it gets by Puerto standards, with solid six- to eight-foot surf up and down the beach. (With an occasional 10-foot set to keep everyone on their toes.) Everyone was super stoked on seeing epic surf after a whole month of bad waves and horrible weather, especially Hurricane Carlotta." (Stay tuned for some Wave of the Summer entries as well as a full swell story on Monday.) Photo: Edwin Morales

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Huatulco Honey Moon

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porque sacar la lengua no es de mala educacion - bueno, no siempre.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Huatulco Honey Moon

It was on May, 2012. Ana María, my wife, and I went to Oaxaca for the wedding of our friends Jodi and Luis. The wedding ceremony was beautiful, the party was exquisite. From there we started our honey moon taking a 8-hour bus ride from Oaxaca City to Huatulco. We passed by Salina Cruz, one of the most important commercial ports in Mexico. If we connect Salina Cruz through the Istmo with the Mexican Gulf, we could be more competitive vis-à-vis the Panama Canal.  Anyways, we went to a lighthouse in Huatulco and look what we saw: a breathtaking, marvelous sunset. 

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Puerto Escondido trip Part 2

Zicatela Beach in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Mexico

 Posted by Sarah at 4:53 pm on October 2, 2012 Featured Content, Mexico, North America, Photo gallery, Puerto Escondido

 

Jeff Hubbard – The 2009 IBA World Tour bodyboarder champion from Kauai, Hawaii.

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Our daily routine here in Puerto Escondido often goes something like this: wake up, beach walk, watch some surfing/boogieboarding at Zicatela or La Punta, come home, eat, workout, read, lunch, pool hang-outs, afternoon trip to the beach, dinner hang-outs with dudes from our hotel followed by more reading or a dip in the pool. There’s the odd variation but that really sums it up.

We’ve been lucky enough to catch Puerto at the right time of year – when the waves are still big, the people here (for the most part) are young (or young at heart) and the annual Zicatela Pro Boogieboarding comp is on. In a months time the surf will get small and the town will be taken over by, what I’m told are, snowbirds – old gringos from the cold areas of North America looking for a warm reprieve. We’re both stoked that luck was on our side and we got here before the changeover!

Here’s my first gallery of photos from the beach!

 Zicatela Beach in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Mexico

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Fiestas Patrias – Mexican Independence Parties by TC

Fiestas Patrias – Mexican Independence Parties by TC September 16th is Mexico’s independence day. Back in 1810 Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of his church and hollered at the people to rise up and revolt. This is called El Grito de la Independencia. It’s reenacted all over Mexico on the night of the 15th. Last year I saw Enrique Peña Nieto ring it in the center square of Toluca, the capital of the state of Mexico where I live. This year he was elected president of Mexico. He´s one controversial guy, this Peña Nieto. All over Mexico people celebrate fiestas patrias (patriotic parties). They eat tostadas, enchiladas, pambazos, and pozole. Maybe you’ve never heard of this food, but trust me it’s good. If you are really lucky you can get some chiles en nogada, perhaps the best food in Mexico. Even the university where I teach had a party. The day before, on Friday... I went to my girlfriend’s town Temoaya. They have a big meal/party in the center square of town, under a big tent. This is one of the three original acts of independence. Nice people, lots of food, two bands, and lots of dancing. As the party started winding down, the strays moved right in. On stage is Adrian Uribe, star of Cien Mexicanos Dijieron, a knock-off of Family Feud. He did a long stand up act in at least three characters – a gay man, an old cowboy type, and Victor, the host of the game show and his naco (low class) character. I didn’t understand all of it, but my girlfriend and everyone standing around us were laughing hysterically. Then the heavy rain started pounding before Los Tucanes came out. We caught their first song and then went to my house, soaking wet, so we missed the rest of the night. But we could hear the music from my apartment. After the grito, the big moment of the night, like midnight on New Year’s Eve, Joan Sebastian performed. Joan Sebastian is a big deal in Mexican music. I went last year so I saw the grito then. It happens around 11 PM. The governor of the state (Peña Nieto when I saw it) comes out and rings the bell that hangs in front of the executive palace. Everyone in the crowd yells “¡Viva!” Then there’s tons of fireworks. People run around spraying each other with cans of foam. It’s like silly string, but foam – same principle, yell and spray people. It’s especially popular with young teenagers. I went up on my roof for the fireworks, sorry to miss Joan Sebastian but not sorry to be out of the downpour. My girlfriend and I watched Enter the Dragon on my computer. She’d never seen it and it had been years for me. She liked it. Thanks Bruce Lee. TC | October 8, 2012 at 11:02 am | Tags: adrian uribe, fiestas patrias, grito de independencia,joan sebastian, mexian music, mexican independence, mexican parties, pena nieto, september 15, toluca | Categories: Mexico | URL: http://wp.me/p1zOG8-wL