GAD (gender and development) leadership camp!

Feb 8-11th, myself and 4 Horqueteno youth headed to the east! It was a weekend filled with learning about self-esteem, leadership, self-identity, decision making, gender roles and much much more. We visited Itapu, the hydro-electric dam! And celebrated my birthday!! It was phenomenal! My youth were great, they participated in everything and loved every minute!

Travlers ready for the road!

Gino and me! with our tickets in hand - ready for adventure!

Fanny with her bus ticket - ready to go!

fishing for shells in the man-made lake created by the Itapu dam. Tatí Yupi Nature Reserve, Alto Paraña, Paraguay!

Itapu: worlds largest hydro-electric dam...until the one in China is completed! Built over the course of 15 years, 140 people died during construction and produces 95% of Paraguays electricity today! We went for the ¨light show¨, which was all of....turning the lights...on!

Me and the gang!

These are the Horqueta Youth that went with me! L to R: Fanny, Gino, me, Augustina and Alberto! That is the damn behind us!

Statue of progress and industry!! My youth loved this! Photo by Gino!

The big white tubes are where the water rushes through huge turbines to generate electricity. They are about 25 feet in diameter (or something like that!)

feet!

more learning!

Youth charla-ing (teaching) about personal identiy and decision making! woo-whoo!

Concepcion youth, Mila and me! after our youth recieved their certificates of participation!

waitin for da bus in Cornel Oviedo (our wait turned into a 6 hour wait!)