Category Archives: Bancalari

How to give a cardboard box a new home.

By cate | Published December 23, 2011

Step 1: Place the cardboard box on the ground. Decorate with pleasant colors and the occasional drawing.








Step 2: Group other boxes, similarly decorated, together so the boxes won’t be lonely.








Step 3: Add identification tags, so the box doesn’t get lost and knows who its family is.








Step 4: Invite the younger ones of each family to meet their new box.








Step 5: Allow the box bonding time with the younger members of the new family.








Step 6: Let the younger members take responsibility for the new box, as they will be eager to participate.








Step 7: Finally, send the cardboard box home with its new family.








Step 8: Repeat steps 1 through 7 and don’t forget you can also help give a cardboard box a new home.

Ojo de Pez in Bancalari Year End

By cate | Published December 11, 2011

I’m so freaking proud I could burst. My students in the Ojo de Pez workshop at the Centro Juvenil, Los del Fondo in Bancalari showed their photos last night at the local community center. Most of the students came to the show and had a good time hanging with family and friends and even interacting with strangers who just happened to stop by. The local murga from Bancalari came and played also, bringing in a crowd to look at their work.

I added the set to Flickr. Please stop by the Flickr page and if you can, leave comments (on the individual photos in Flickr) for the teens – English or Spanish, doesn’t matter. Spread it around!