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First, I'd like to note that this is my 100th entry! Yay!!Ok, moving on.
My life has basically been taken over by the GAD (Gender and Development) Committee's production of "The Vagina Monologues". If you had told me that one of the things I would learn while in Peace Corps is how to spell the word Monologue, not only in English, but also in Spanish, I would be impressed with my future fictional self, and a little doubtful. But it is true, I have been so wrapped up in this production, (March 6th, 3PM El Sitio Centro Cultural, 5ta calle poniente no. 15, La Antigua Guatemala) I can now spell "Monologues" without thinking about it.
Impressive.
The show's official blurb says this:
The Gender and Development Committee of Peace Corps Guatemala in collaboration with Abriendo Oportunidades is pleased to present the Vagina Monologues on March 6th from 3- 5:30pm in Antigua Guatemala! V-Day, the creator of the award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues, is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery. All funds raised will go directly to Abriendo Oportunidades, a program dedicated to empowering rural indigenous girls across Guatemala.
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The show will be bilingual as we are working with HCNs (Host Country Nationals) from The Population Council - the overarching NGO for Abriendo Oportunidades, in FACT one of the HCNs doing a monologue is in fact the President of Guatemala's niece, Alejandra Colom, true fact. (She works for Pop Council).
The idea is that all of the money raised from this event will go to creating GLOW (Girls Lead Our World) Camps, where PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers) work with HCNs from Abriendo Oportunidades in rural communities (probably in Totonicipan) and help educate young woman and girls about their rights, opportunities and health.
On the logistical side, I've been working on soliciting food/drinks/space etc. for the production and will be heading back into Antigua tomorrow to work on it some more. We're getting bars and restaurants to donate food/drinks/booze to sell at the show.
Have I mentioned that I have a really big stove/cement floor project coming up? - Also, Kitten is pregnant again. So there's a lot going on. Annd, I still have to do my taxes and FAFSA form.
