Hello everyone it's been a while since we posted here and to be honest this one is the same as our e-mail list which is not how it'll be in the future. The original idea was to send out one e-mail a week, blog about all the shows a couple times a week, and maybe even have a video blog or podcast. Obviously we've been way too busy for any of that. We have however been good about quick little updates on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, so feel free to follow us on any of those if you like.
We'll go into detail about all of the wonderful organizations that have helped us out and tell you lots more about the shows when we get home had have time, but right now, here's a quick recap: (click on any of the organizations names to learn more about them.)
We started off in Costa Rica with 4 great school shows set up by our hosts at the wonderful Chilamate Eco Lodge in Sarapiqui which is a couple hours north of San Jose. They are a great place to stay and they do wonderful things for the surrounding schools and community.
Then we moved on to Nicaragua where we had two shows in the capital city of Managua set up by Comamos Juntos which is a great organization dedicated to eliminating food waste and getting that food which would otherwise be wasted to those who need it. We continued within Nicaragua and moved to Matagalpa where we had two shows in the beautiful handicaped accessible park, Estrellas, Santa Julia Billiart. One show was open to the public and the other was more for disabled kids and their families. The shows were set up by Familias Especiales which does too many things in the community to try to list here. We squeezed in one last stop in Nicaragua by going to Grenada and performing at the really cool Escuela de Comedia y Mimo for all of the students, families, and community members.
Next we flew to Mexico and performed two shows in San Miguel de Allende, one for Casa de Los Angeles, a free daycare for single mothers, and the other at Hogar Mexiquito, a home for boys run by a group of loving sisters.
Our next stop was Guatemala, where we were based in Antigua Guatemala and had 2 shows set up by the fantastic Ninos De Guatemala in Ciudad Viejo and San Lorenze de Cuba, and 1 by the amazing Education for the Children Foundation at their school in Jocotenango, plus a rather last minute addition of a show at the very friendly Las Voces de Silencio, a school for the deaf that was just blocks away.
For months we were unable to find a contact in El Salvador. However, our contacts from the other countries reached out to people they knew and we found two great hosts. One in Santa Ana's Iglesia La Puerta Abierta and another in Santiago de Maria where we got to be the entertainment for graduation day at the Colegio Santa Gemma run by a group of sisters that also live on the site of the school. They also arranged a last minute show for us to perform at a local home for the elderly.
Right now we're in Belize, and this weekend have 2 shows lined up by the Cornerstone Foundation in San Ignacio and then we'll make our way to Honduras where we have three shows lined up in La Ceiba for Helping Honduras Kids and then another one in Trujillo with Farm of the Child. After that we'll head back home and that will be it for Clown the World 2016 Central America. When we're home there will be time for more detailed stories to be written down, but right now all our efforts are going to planing the logistics of the trip, making sure we're both fed despite all of our food restrictions, making sure the audiences see the best show possible and spending time with and getting to know our hosts and the places we're visiting.
Don't forget that we're on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, we have a newsletter, let other people know about us, and look forward to more stories to come.
Wish us luck with the last 5 shows.
Thanks,
Andrew and Vanessa
We'll go into detail about all of the wonderful organizations that have helped us out and tell you lots more about the shows when we get home had have time, but right now, here's a quick recap: (click on any of the organizations names to learn more about them.)
We started off in Costa Rica with 4 great school shows set up by our hosts at the wonderful Chilamate Eco Lodge in Sarapiqui which is a couple hours north of San Jose. They are a great place to stay and they do wonderful things for the surrounding schools and community.
Then we moved on to Nicaragua where we had two shows in the capital city of Managua set up by Comamos Juntos which is a great organization dedicated to eliminating food waste and getting that food which would otherwise be wasted to those who need it. We continued within Nicaragua and moved to Matagalpa where we had two shows in the beautiful handicaped accessible park, Estrellas, Santa Julia Billiart. One show was open to the public and the other was more for disabled kids and their families. The shows were set up by Familias Especiales which does too many things in the community to try to list here. We squeezed in one last stop in Nicaragua by going to Grenada and performing at the really cool Escuela de Comedia y Mimo for all of the students, families, and community members.
Next we flew to Mexico and performed two shows in San Miguel de Allende, one for Casa de Los Angeles, a free daycare for single mothers, and the other at Hogar Mexiquito, a home for boys run by a group of loving sisters.
Our next stop was Guatemala, where we were based in Antigua Guatemala and had 2 shows set up by the fantastic Ninos De Guatemala in Ciudad Viejo and San Lorenze de Cuba, and 1 by the amazing Education for the Children Foundation at their school in Jocotenango, plus a rather last minute addition of a show at the very friendly Las Voces de Silencio, a school for the deaf that was just blocks away.
For months we were unable to find a contact in El Salvador. However, our contacts from the other countries reached out to people they knew and we found two great hosts. One in Santa Ana's Iglesia La Puerta Abierta and another in Santiago de Maria where we got to be the entertainment for graduation day at the Colegio Santa Gemma run by a group of sisters that also live on the site of the school. They also arranged a last minute show for us to perform at a local home for the elderly.
Right now we're in Belize, and this weekend have 2 shows lined up by the Cornerstone Foundation in San Ignacio and then we'll make our way to Honduras where we have three shows lined up in La Ceiba for Helping Honduras Kids and then another one in Trujillo with Farm of the Child. After that we'll head back home and that will be it for Clown the World 2016 Central America. When we're home there will be time for more detailed stories to be written down, but right now all our efforts are going to planing the logistics of the trip, making sure we're both fed despite all of our food restrictions, making sure the audiences see the best show possible and spending time with and getting to know our hosts and the places we're visiting.
Don't forget that we're on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, we have a newsletter, let other people know about us, and look forward to more stories to come.
Wish us luck with the last 5 shows.
Thanks,
Andrew and Vanessa
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