Sunday, February 20, 2011

Visita a los niños y búsqueda de un lugar !


Las actividades de Club de los Pibes siguen a pesar de que no tengamos un nuevo espacio todavía. Primero, gracias a todas las nuevas voluntarias que se sumaron a la reunión del viernes y que nos acompañaron esta semana!!!! Gracias Sioned, Siobhan y Elisabeth! Nos da mucha motivación para seguir adelante ver que el interés de voluntarios de todo el mundo sigue surgiendo!

Luego de la reunión de voluntarios del viernes 11 de febrero, decidimos organizar un PICNIC CON LOS NIÑOS EL MIERCOLES 23 de FEBRERO EN EL PARQUE (A LAS 11h00). VAMOS A COMER, JUGAR, HACER ACTIVIDADES Y PASARLA BIEN CON LOS NIÑOS!!!

Si te gustaría venir con nosotros, contactanos en:
uniondelospibes@gmail.com

Entonces, el miércoles 16 y el jueves 17, en el sol y el calor del verano bonaerense, fuimos a visitar a los niños para avisarlos del pic-nic, con flyers, alfajores y chupetines…! Nos encontramos a las 11h00 en la Plaza Congreso al frente del monumento grande. De allí, tomamos el colectivo n°12 hasta Constitución donde compramos los alfajores y los chupetines. Seguimos caminando hasta Montes de Oca y luego hasta el conventillo donde viven una parte de los niños. Tuvimos el placer de ver a Mickaela, Nicolas, Jessica y a otros niños de allí que invitamos al pic-nic.

Descubrimos un local al lado del conventillo que es para alquilar. El local es chiquito así que no sabemos todavía si vamos a instalarnos allí. Fuimos después a la casa de Mauricio, Javier, Ariel y Brian. Encontramos a Brian y le dimos el flyer, pues a la casa de Alexis y nos encontramos con su abuelo que estuvo muy alegre con la idea del pic-nic! El jueves, continuamos nuestras visitas y fuimos hasta la Boca. Seguimos averiguando para un nuevo lugar.

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A visit to the kids and the search for a new home!

The activities of Club Union de los Pibes are continuing despite the fact that we have still not found a suitable new home. First of all, thank you to all the new volunteers who came along to the volunteers’ meeting last Friday and to those who accompanied us this week!!!! Thanks Sioned, Siobhan and Elisabeth! The continued interest from new volunteers from all around the world gives us great motivation to keep going!

Following the volunteers’ meeting of Friday 11 February, we decided to organise a PICNIC IN THE PARK WITH THE KIDS ON WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY AT 11H00. WE’LL EAT, PLAY, DO ACTIVITIES AND HAVE A GREAT DAY OUT WITH THE KIDS!!!

If you would like to join us, contact us at:
uniondelospibes@gmail.com

So, on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th February, in the sun and summer heat of Buenos Aires, we went to visit the kids to let them know about the picnic, with flyers, alfajores (cookies) and lollipops...! We met at 11h00 in the square at Congreso in front of the big monument. From there we took the n°12 bus to Constitución where we bought the alfajores and lollipops. We continued on foot to Montes de Oca and later we reached the ‘conventillo’ (*) where some of the children live. We had the pleasure of seeing Mickaela, Nicolas, Jessica and some others of the children from the area and we invited them to the picnic.

We also discovered a place just next to the conventillo that was for rent. The place is quite small so we are still not sure if we will set up the club there. Afterwards, we went to the house where Mauricio, Javier, Ariel y Brian live. We met Brian and we gave him the flyer. At Alexis’s house, we met his grandmother who was very happy at the idea of the picnic! On Thursday, we continued our visits and went to la Boca. We continue our search for a new home for the club.


Rossi distribuyendo el flyer a los niños / Rossi giving flyers to the kids


Primer encuentro de las nuevas voluntarias con los niños /
The new volunteers meet the kids for the first time


Maisie, Lucie, Rossi y Sioned al fin de nuestro recorrido en Barracas y la Boca /
Maisie, Lucie, Rossi and Sioned at the end of our visits to Barracas and la Boca

Gracias a Maisie por las fotos! / Thanks to Maisie for the photos!

Próximo encuentro: el lunes 21 de febrero a las 16h en Almagro, para cambiar el proyecto del club y preparar el pic-nic.
Next volunteers’ meeting: Monday 21st February at 16h00 in the Almagro area. To work on the mission statement documents of the club and to prepare for the picnic.


* Conventillos is the name given to the tenements/shared housing that is characteristic of the neighbourhoods of Barracas and La Boca and are where most of the kids who use the club live. Conventillos tend to share a common, central outdoor patio, off which doors lead to small rooms and private quarters. In San Telmo, for example, the large, grand mansion houses were partitioned and converted into conventillos. In La Boca, the iconic, brightly painted Conventillos of the Caminito pay homage to the housing hastily built by immigrants and dock workers in the early 1900s. These original conventillos were made from
from scrap metal and wood salvaged from old ships and then brightened up and decorated with left over paint from the port. For our kids, the reality of living in today's conventillos, in some of the most deprived areas of Buenos Aires, is sadly less colourful and visiting them at their homes makes us realise how important the activities and support of Club Union de los Pibes is for them.

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