POPULATION6.3 million
SIZE130,373 km2
CAPITALManagua
LANGUAGESSpanish
Due to political unrest in the country we are only did two mini-Tours to Nicaragua in 2019 in the Spring and Autumn of 2019. Each time we paid local artists to do 2 x 1 week projects with our usual partners in Los Quinchos in San Marcos and then both Las Chavaladas (Leon) and Ninos del Fortin in Leon. These tours were generously funded by a Network for Social Change (NSC) grant. Unfortunately we did not have the funds to go to La Escuela de Comedia y Mimo (Granada) this time but we are looking at ways to fund future Nicaragua Tours based on this model.
Here is a summary of the data we collected from the project:
The Tour Coordinator was: Aileen Lawlor
The local team delivering the tours were: SPRING- Erling Moran, Levi Rivera, Ramon Darwing, AUTUMN- Rafael Lorgoespada, Lester Zeledon
WORKSHOPS
Times: LEON– Mornings at Las Chavs and afternoons at NdF. SAN MARCOS – Los Quinchos 9-11am and 2.30-5pm
workshop activities – circus, games, body warm-ups, acro, breakdance, theatre, clowning, face painting, handstands, acro-yoga
SHOWS:
LEON – at end of week and combined Las Chavs and NdF. SAN MARCOS – at end of week.
Audiences: kids, mothers, Partner Organisation staff
See below for some great pictures of the amazing work we did bringing happiness to young people in a troubled country.
PWB Local Instructor: “…we were super pleased with their enthusiasm for learning and dedication, and the acro, juggling, and diabolo acts they pulled off for their final show! They are a great group of kids. I hope PWB comes back next year and can work on stage presence and more theatre/games to help them conquer the self-consciousness”
PWB Local Instructor: “A few of the kids had experience in acro, diabolo and ball juggling, so the instructors would work on that… They were enthusiastic to do exercises and create a show and practice. A few of the boys also asked about Will and Jacob! They remembered the funny dance ‘Movimiento tuanis’ part of PWB’s show last year.”
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