Hello everybody, happy summer and Happy Holidays!
Hope everyone is keeping cool out there. We had a great meeting November before thanksgiving; as usual the committee has lots of projects going on; GAD is definatly NOT out for the summer!
GAD at a Glance:
NEXT MEETING: Friday, January 30th at 3:00pm; Upstairs Conference Room-PCO
GAD-in-our-SITES: REPEAT: "If I were a Martian" Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida) and continued work on Boy's Manual Questionnaires (for more info see below).
PATF: the PATF Partnership Program is still open for online donations. We are approximatly half way to our fundraising goal; please help us by contacting friends and family for contributions. The 2009 application deadline has past, so starting this week there will be a list in the office of the carpetas that were rejected so you can atleast find out if your candidates´ application made it past the first selection stage.
GAD Camp: Camp is essentially full, we had sign ups at the meeting. The Camp Committee will be contacting everyone on the list to confirm the number of youth they plan to invite and the information packets will go out by email before Thanksgiving. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Gariety Pruitt or Nathan Antonio.
SHIRTS: We will be selling two fabulous new T-shirt at thanksgiving, come on by the table and get one before they sell out!
The'08-'09 Officers are:
President: Lara Gamble 0971-101-734
Secretary: Gariety Pruitt 0971-308-352
Treasurer: Marin Palmer 0982-986-214
*Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have questions, suggestions or ideas!
See you next year,
Gariety "Gabi"
GAD Secretary
This Meeting ¤ November 14, 2008
Intros & Icebreaker: We had a lot of new faces this meeting and some regulars were missing….seeing as we will not meet again until after the holidays, we shared things we were thankful for.
PATF:
Ø The deadline for applications was pushed back to the 14th, the date of the meeting. As of the meeting (3:00pm), the office had received upwards 85 applications. The PATF committee will be workig hard in the week or so following the deadline to complete the first selection stage when they purge all applicants that do not meet the qualifications or whose application is in some way incomplete.
o They will then make a list of the applications that were purged that will be in the office, you can call in to ask about the status of you applicants.
o The applications then are passed to an independent panel of professionals. Final winners will hoepfully be announced in December.
Ø The GAD committee is responsible for raising the $10,000 we need to run the beca program before Dec, so please keep asking friends and family members for support.
o We have a template email in English that clearly explains the program, and technical training components, as well as the link to donate to the pc partnership program online to make it easy for you all to send to your friends and family back home, as well as other organizations you feel might contribute to our cause. We will be sending out the English materials via email, it will be posted on the blog and SharePoint as well.
o If you have more question about the PATF scholarship program, how the Peace Corps Partnership Program fundraising works, or are interested in helping youth from your site apply, please contact: Sarah Foust, GAD President Lara Gamble or email us at the Gad email address!
o The 2nd taller for the 2008 winners happened, but only 30 of the 50 or so winners showed. We are not sure why there was such low attendence, if your winner did not attend, please let us know why.
Ø Also, we announced last meeting a donation from a former PCPY GADer and her church to our scholarship program; what we thought was $4000 is really $400, but no matter, every little bit helps!
Kuat/GADGabber:
Ø The minutes will be submitted to the Kuat, as always, but feel free to submit any other articles related to gender issues you want to, all are welcome. The deadline is Nov 21st.
Gad-in-our-SITES:
Ø Activity REPEAT: the “If I were a Martian" Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida)
o The idea is to do a charla based on "if I were a Martian and didn't know what the differences between male/female what would you tell me"….then switch to "what are the only things that don't change about male/female no matter time, cultures etc"…it turns out to be physical parts only.
o This activity was very successful in Lauren's site and she suggested it as a great way to start a conversation about gender roles and stereotypes.
o This activity can be found as the alternate activity for the gender roles activity "Si fuera Hombre/Si fuera Mujer" found in the Stereotypes section of Como Planear mi Vida. There are lots of copies in the office if you don't already have one.
GAD Manuel:
Ø Last meeting we discussed the importance of having a more complete manaul. We talked about the format we would like the manual to be in. It should be efficient (similar to the library manual) and set up a bit like “Como Planear mi Vida” with a topic per chapter. Everyone present was assigned a chapter or topic to reserch and gather materials on. The next meeting, Jan 30 we will pick a small group to edit the chapters and put the manual together, so please bring your info, in Spanish, in electronic format.
o Chapters: Gender vs Sex/general GAD resources(Lara); Cycle of Abuse/domestic violence/intersousal realtionships(Gariety); Self-esteem&Body Image (Lauren); Gender roles&Strereotypes(Melissa);Reproductive Health/SexEd (Gariety&Brain Cross); Sexualtiy (Mary); Healthy Relationships/flirting vs harrasment/dating (Jill M.); Rights (Chris); NGO guide w/contact info (Marin); Office resouce guide (Foust). DIVERSITY??
Boy's Manual:
Ø Several GAD members have gotten together and want to make a manual with activities specifically targeted at young men here in Paraguay. This came out of a desire to create a tool geared at young men that seem to be a bit lost. The idea is to help female volunteers better understand and relate to their young male counterparts.
Ø Rosana is translating a book titled “Challenges” and needs help! Look for a sign up or contact her if you are interested in translating a chapter or two.
Ø to find out more about what topics should be included they have devised a survey/questionnaire to help the creators do a better job:
o The committee is still accepting surveys, the more the better; you can find the questions on the back of your GADGabber, the Kuat or on SharePoint.
o Please include the age of the guys you interview so we can put their responses in context of their age group
Sec&Tres Reports:
Ø Secretary:
o Kuat submission, checking the email regularly and keeping the blog up to date
Ø Treasurer:
o Used some of our funds to pay for T-shirts, hope to recover, plus increase due to sales.
o GAD Camp pedido for 513.000gs to cover shirts for the participants, approved.
Fundraising:
Ø PATF: $10,000 is the GAD committee's financial obligation to the scholarship program; we are about halfway to our goal, but need to keep pushing. So far, we have raised $4,875 and still need $5, 215.
Ø T-shirts ready to sell at Thanksgiving; there will be two designs available. We bought 20 of each design, 40 total. An order form will be available at thanksgiving for additional sizes.
Ø Auction: At Thanksgiving, auction off COSing PCVs' stuff; see Marin or Sarah for more info and the list of great prizes.
Gad-Camp:
Ø The tentative date for camp is the last week in January, right before school starts up again and it will be held in Tati Jup the nature reseeve by Itaipu damn in Ciudad del Este.
Ø SPA Grant application was completed and turned in, just waiting to here back.
Ø There is space for 40 youth. Their camp "contra-parte" will be 60.000Gs to cover a percentage of their pasaje. We passed around a sign up sheet at the meeting, and the committee will be contacting those PCVs to confirm number of youth and other details in the next month. An email with information and an official invite will come soon as well.
Ø We discussed the budget and need for 500.000 GAD funds to cover the t-shirts for the kids and speakers, it was approved.
Jopara Sub-Committee:
Ø There will be a quick organizational meeting right after GAD meeting-ask Nathan for more information.
miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2008
lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2008
Sept.19, 2008 ¤ Spring Update & Meeting Minutes
Happy Spring GAD members,
Between preparing for the annual GAD youth leadership summer camp, planning the PATF taller for this year’s winners, as well as getting ready for next year’s round of scholarship applicants, working on various training manuals, and designing awesome t-shirts to sell to our PCV friends and family-the GAD committee certainly lives up to it’s guapo reputation this spring! We have lots of projects and fundraisers going on, and it all adds up to great Gender focused work being done here in PC Paraguay. To the new folks, pick a project, we always need extra hands; to the old hats, keep up the great work. The GAD committee is only as good as its members and right now we have a great team! Here are all the updates you all need to keep in the loop:
GAD at a Glance:
NEXT MEETING: Friday November 14th at 3:00pm (NVAC weekend is earlier due to Thanksgiving), Upstairs Conference Room-PCO
GAD-in-our-SITES: “If I were a Martian” Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida) and continued work on Boy’s Manual Questionnaires (for more info see below)
PATF: 1. the beca program has been approved by PC Washington! Scholarship Applications will be available in the office beginning Oct. 1 and the completed applications are DUE back to the PCO or other drop-off by Nov. 7 (not Nov 30 as previously announced). 2. the PATF Partnership Program is now open for online donations, so help us reach our fundraising goal by contacting friends and family for contributions.
SHIRTS: We voted on GAD T-shirt designs! We will have two new designs ready for purchase at Thanksgiving. #1 is a very cool design (black shirt with white ink) using the @ symbol for male/female, such as ell@s, to signify equity designed by Aubrey Stenger. #2 is a little more artistic design (med blue shirt, Kelley green ink) done by David Schmitz. It has an outline of the Paraguayan map with the face of a man and a woman inside in the back and on the front is a man and woman in a circular icon.
*These great designs are a bit hard to describe, but are awesome in person and will make fabulous GAD T-shirts! Be ready to buy ‘em hot off the press!
GAD Camp: We will be filling camp spots soon so, if you are a GAD member and are thinking about bringing youth to GAD Camp this summer, here is what you need to know: We will be inviting 15 volunteers to bring a total of 40 youth from all around the country; city or campo, all are welcome. We will be focused on an equal balance between males and females for both the campers and PCV facilitators. The theme is “responsible citizenship,” leadership and as always, Gender. Each Volunteer/youth team will be expected to contribute to the camp with a small fee to help with pasaje; they will be asked to provide some basic materials; and will be expected to practice their leadership skills by helping present a topic. Please keep this in mind as you decide who to invite. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Gariety Pruitt or Nathan Antonio.
See you at the Nov meeting,
Gariety “Gabi”
GAD Secretary
This meeting ¤ September 19, 2008
Intros & Icebreaker: Smaller meeting than usual, but we had a few new folks from G27 and the Coordinator’s office who stopped by
PATF:
-This year’s deadline for the scholarship solicitude has been pushed up to Nov 7 instead of Nov 30 as we announced last meeting.
- The solicitude has been revised for this year’s applicants and will be available at the PC office starting Oct 1.
*This truly is a great opportunity for the youth in our sites, since 2000, the program’s first year, 140 scholarships have been given out and the program continues to grow and become more sustainable every year!
- As of this year, 10% of the scholarships will be available for young men.
- There are brochures in Spanish in the office that explain the application process
- The GAD committee is responsible for raising the $10,000 we need to run the program before Dec, so GAD members, get cracking! We have a template email in English that clearly explains the program, and technical training components, as well as the link to donate to the pc partnership program online to make it easy for you all to send to your friends and family back home, as well as other organizations you feel might contribute to our cause. We will be sending out the English materials via email, it will be posted on the blog and SharePoint as well.
-If you have more question about the PATF scholarship program, how the Peace Corps Partnership Program fundraising works, or are interested in helping youth from your site apply, please contact: Sarah Foust, GAD President Lara Gamble or email us at the Gad email address!
-Date for the 2nd technical training for this year’s winners will be set ASAP, and on the 19th all the recipients of last years becas were contacted, not to worry.
--Also, we announced last meeting a donation from a former PCPY GADer and her church to our scholarship program; what we thought was $4000 is really $400, but no matter, every little bit helps!
Kuat/GADGabber:
- The minutes will be submitted to the Kuat, as always, but feel free to submit any other articles related to gender issues you want to, all are welcome. The deadline is Nov 22.
- The GADGabber, your GAD “every-so-often” newsletter, is IN your boxes NOW, so check it out. It includes the questionnaire for the Boy’s manual so hang on to your copy, to use in site. It looks great, thanks Lauren and Rosana!
- The next installment should be in Feb/March after camp.
Gad-in-our-SITES:
- Last Activity: Boy’s Manuel Questionnaire
- Next Activity: “If I were a Martian” Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida)
-- The idea is to do a charla based on “if I were a Martian and didn’t know what the differences between male/female what would you tell me”….then switch to “what are the only things that don’t change about male/female no matter time, cultures etc”…it turns out to be physical parts only.
--This activity was very successful in Lauren’s site and she suggested it as a great way to start a conversation about gender roles and stereotypes.
-- This activity can be found as the alternate activity for the gender roles activity “Si fuera Hombre/Si fuera Mujer” found in the Stereotypes section of Como Planear mi Vida. There are lots of copies in the office if you don’t already have one.
Boy’s Manual:
- Several GAD members have gotten together and want to make a manual similar to Como Planear mi Vida, specifically targeted at young men here in Paraguay. This came out of a desire to create a tool geared at young men that seem to be a bit lost. The idea is to help female volunteers better understand and relate to their young male counterparts.
- To find out more about what topics should be included they have devised a survey/questionnaire to help the creators do a better job:
--The committee is still accepting surveys, the more the better; you can find the questions on the back of your GADGabber or on SharePoint.
-- Please include the age of the guys you interview so we can put their responses in context of their age group
Sec&Tres Reports:
Secretary:
--Checking the email regularly if you need to get a hold of us, please use it.
-I want to make the blog more useful, any suggestions?
Treasurer:
-Funds: 897.600Gs same as last meeting, no money in or out, but enough to order shirts for to sell at Thanksgiving.
Fundraising:
- PATF: $10,000 is the GAD committee’s financial obligation to the scholarship program. We raise the majority of the money through a Peace Corps Partnership Program by asking friends and family member and other folks at home to help us out. The donations are collected online through the Peace Corps website. As noted previously, Katie Cook’s Donation will not be used to jump-start our fundraising; it will be applied to the tallers.
- T-shirts will be ordered to sell at Thanksgiving; there will be two designs available.
- Auction: At Thanksgiving, auction off COSing PCVs’ stuff
--There are “cute palinganas” in which to deposit auction items in the Coordinator’s office, by Sarah’s desk. There will also be a Journal or Log to note the items to be auctioned off to keep track of what is left to us.
-- Allison, the current Auction Director, will be doing most of the leg work up until thanksgiving, but due to the change in the COS date for G22 will but unable to attend thanksgiving and be our auctioneer. We are looking for volunteers interested in helping out at Thanksgiving; please let us know if you are willing.
Gad-Camp:
- The committee has already had several meetings and is well on its way to organizing a great taller. The theme for this year’s leadership camp will be “civic responsibility”. The tentative date for camp is the last week in January, right before school starts up again.
- They are currently working to finish the SPA Grant application and will be turning it in soon.
- We will be inviting 40 youth, brought by 15 PCV facilitators to Tati Jupi Nature Reserve near the Itapúa Damn. Their camp “contra-parte” will be 60.000Gs to cover a percentage of their pasaje. An email will come out announcing available spots for youth participants and more detail in the near future, so keep your eyes open.
Jopara Sub-Committee:
- Jopara was a group focused on diversity issues with-in Paraguay and the PC experience. It was originally a separate entity, but was incorporated into GAD as a sub-committee last May. Since then it has been inactive, but since it is an important component, we would like to revive it again.
Between preparing for the annual GAD youth leadership summer camp, planning the PATF taller for this year’s winners, as well as getting ready for next year’s round of scholarship applicants, working on various training manuals, and designing awesome t-shirts to sell to our PCV friends and family-the GAD committee certainly lives up to it’s guapo reputation this spring! We have lots of projects and fundraisers going on, and it all adds up to great Gender focused work being done here in PC Paraguay. To the new folks, pick a project, we always need extra hands; to the old hats, keep up the great work. The GAD committee is only as good as its members and right now we have a great team! Here are all the updates you all need to keep in the loop:
GAD at a Glance:
NEXT MEETING: Friday November 14th at 3:00pm (NVAC weekend is earlier due to Thanksgiving), Upstairs Conference Room-PCO
GAD-in-our-SITES: “If I were a Martian” Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida) and continued work on Boy’s Manual Questionnaires (for more info see below)
PATF: 1. the beca program has been approved by PC Washington! Scholarship Applications will be available in the office beginning Oct. 1 and the completed applications are DUE back to the PCO or other drop-off by Nov. 7 (not Nov 30 as previously announced). 2. the PATF Partnership Program is now open for online donations, so help us reach our fundraising goal by contacting friends and family for contributions.
SHIRTS: We voted on GAD T-shirt designs! We will have two new designs ready for purchase at Thanksgiving. #1 is a very cool design (black shirt with white ink) using the @ symbol for male/female, such as ell@s, to signify equity designed by Aubrey Stenger. #2 is a little more artistic design (med blue shirt, Kelley green ink) done by David Schmitz. It has an outline of the Paraguayan map with the face of a man and a woman inside in the back and on the front is a man and woman in a circular icon.
*These great designs are a bit hard to describe, but are awesome in person and will make fabulous GAD T-shirts! Be ready to buy ‘em hot off the press!
GAD Camp: We will be filling camp spots soon so, if you are a GAD member and are thinking about bringing youth to GAD Camp this summer, here is what you need to know: We will be inviting 15 volunteers to bring a total of 40 youth from all around the country; city or campo, all are welcome. We will be focused on an equal balance between males and females for both the campers and PCV facilitators. The theme is “responsible citizenship,” leadership and as always, Gender. Each Volunteer/youth team will be expected to contribute to the camp with a small fee to help with pasaje; they will be asked to provide some basic materials; and will be expected to practice their leadership skills by helping present a topic. Please keep this in mind as you decide who to invite. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Gariety Pruitt or Nathan Antonio.
See you at the Nov meeting,
Gariety “Gabi”
GAD Secretary
This meeting ¤ September 19, 2008
Intros & Icebreaker: Smaller meeting than usual, but we had a few new folks from G27 and the Coordinator’s office who stopped by
PATF:
-This year’s deadline for the scholarship solicitude has been pushed up to Nov 7 instead of Nov 30 as we announced last meeting.
- The solicitude has been revised for this year’s applicants and will be available at the PC office starting Oct 1.
*This truly is a great opportunity for the youth in our sites, since 2000, the program’s first year, 140 scholarships have been given out and the program continues to grow and become more sustainable every year!
- As of this year, 10% of the scholarships will be available for young men.
- There are brochures in Spanish in the office that explain the application process
- The GAD committee is responsible for raising the $10,000 we need to run the program before Dec, so GAD members, get cracking! We have a template email in English that clearly explains the program, and technical training components, as well as the link to donate to the pc partnership program online to make it easy for you all to send to your friends and family back home, as well as other organizations you feel might contribute to our cause. We will be sending out the English materials via email, it will be posted on the blog and SharePoint as well.
-If you have more question about the PATF scholarship program, how the Peace Corps Partnership Program fundraising works, or are interested in helping youth from your site apply, please contact: Sarah Foust, GAD President Lara Gamble or email us at the Gad email address!
-Date for the 2nd technical training for this year’s winners will be set ASAP, and on the 19th all the recipients of last years becas were contacted, not to worry.
--Also, we announced last meeting a donation from a former PCPY GADer and her church to our scholarship program; what we thought was $4000 is really $400, but no matter, every little bit helps!
Kuat/GADGabber:
- The minutes will be submitted to the Kuat, as always, but feel free to submit any other articles related to gender issues you want to, all are welcome. The deadline is Nov 22.
- The GADGabber, your GAD “every-so-often” newsletter, is IN your boxes NOW, so check it out. It includes the questionnaire for the Boy’s manual so hang on to your copy, to use in site. It looks great, thanks Lauren and Rosana!
- The next installment should be in Feb/March after camp.
Gad-in-our-SITES:
- Last Activity: Boy’s Manuel Questionnaire
- Next Activity: “If I were a Martian” Gender Roles Activity (from Como Planear mi Vida)
-- The idea is to do a charla based on “if I were a Martian and didn’t know what the differences between male/female what would you tell me”….then switch to “what are the only things that don’t change about male/female no matter time, cultures etc”…it turns out to be physical parts only.
--This activity was very successful in Lauren’s site and she suggested it as a great way to start a conversation about gender roles and stereotypes.
-- This activity can be found as the alternate activity for the gender roles activity “Si fuera Hombre/Si fuera Mujer” found in the Stereotypes section of Como Planear mi Vida. There are lots of copies in the office if you don’t already have one.
Boy’s Manual:
- Several GAD members have gotten together and want to make a manual similar to Como Planear mi Vida, specifically targeted at young men here in Paraguay. This came out of a desire to create a tool geared at young men that seem to be a bit lost. The idea is to help female volunteers better understand and relate to their young male counterparts.
- To find out more about what topics should be included they have devised a survey/questionnaire to help the creators do a better job:
--The committee is still accepting surveys, the more the better; you can find the questions on the back of your GADGabber or on SharePoint.
-- Please include the age of the guys you interview so we can put their responses in context of their age group
Sec&Tres Reports:
Secretary:
--Checking the email regularly if you need to get a hold of us, please use it.
-I want to make the blog more useful, any suggestions?
Treasurer:
-Funds: 897.600Gs same as last meeting, no money in or out, but enough to order shirts for to sell at Thanksgiving.
Fundraising:
- PATF: $10,000 is the GAD committee’s financial obligation to the scholarship program. We raise the majority of the money through a Peace Corps Partnership Program by asking friends and family member and other folks at home to help us out. The donations are collected online through the Peace Corps website. As noted previously, Katie Cook’s Donation will not be used to jump-start our fundraising; it will be applied to the tallers.
- T-shirts will be ordered to sell at Thanksgiving; there will be two designs available.
- Auction: At Thanksgiving, auction off COSing PCVs’ stuff
--There are “cute palinganas” in which to deposit auction items in the Coordinator’s office, by Sarah’s desk. There will also be a Journal or Log to note the items to be auctioned off to keep track of what is left to us.
-- Allison, the current Auction Director, will be doing most of the leg work up until thanksgiving, but due to the change in the COS date for G22 will but unable to attend thanksgiving and be our auctioneer. We are looking for volunteers interested in helping out at Thanksgiving; please let us know if you are willing.
Gad-Camp:
- The committee has already had several meetings and is well on its way to organizing a great taller. The theme for this year’s leadership camp will be “civic responsibility”. The tentative date for camp is the last week in January, right before school starts up again.
- They are currently working to finish the SPA Grant application and will be turning it in soon.
- We will be inviting 40 youth, brought by 15 PCV facilitators to Tati Jupi Nature Reserve near the Itapúa Damn. Their camp “contra-parte” will be 60.000Gs to cover a percentage of their pasaje. An email will come out announcing available spots for youth participants and more detail in the near future, so keep your eyes open.
Jopara Sub-Committee:
- Jopara was a group focused on diversity issues with-in Paraguay and the PC experience. It was originally a separate entity, but was incorporated into GAD as a sub-committee last May. Since then it has been inactive, but since it is an important component, we would like to revive it again.
-- Nathan will tentatively/temporarily head up the revival and plan a date for a meeting around the time of the next GAD meeting.
GAD Manuel:
- During open discussion, there seemed to be a bit of confusion along the lines of the manual. We have a completed GAD Binder, found in the Coordinator’s office that the “higher ups” requested we make. It has a lot of great information about GAD and it is a good start, but there was more talk about the need for a manual complete with charlas and activities, much like the HIV/AIDS manual we receive in training.
--The committee for the creation of the manual has been inactive as of late, so if you are interested in heading up this project, let us know.
GAD Manuel:
- During open discussion, there seemed to be a bit of confusion along the lines of the manual. We have a completed GAD Binder, found in the Coordinator’s office that the “higher ups” requested we make. It has a lot of great information about GAD and it is a good start, but there was more talk about the need for a manual complete with charlas and activities, much like the HIV/AIDS manual we receive in training.
--The committee for the creation of the manual has been inactive as of late, so if you are interested in heading up this project, let us know.
miércoles, 13 de agosto de 2008
Meeting Minuets ¤ July 25, 2008
Hello fellow GADers,
First I must apologize for the delay this month with the posting of the minutes, I had planned to get them up a week or so ago, but the power went out up here and there was no way to get them to you sooner.
GAD a Glance:
NEXT MEETING: Friday September 19th at 3:00pm, Upstairs Conference Room-PCO
GAD-in-our-SITES: Boy’s Manual Questionnaire (for more info see below)
The new ’08-‘09 Officers are:
President: Lara Gamble 0971-101-734
Secretary: Gariety Pruitt 0971-308-352
Treasurer: Marin Palmer 0982-986-214
*Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have questions, suggestions or ideas!
PAFT: We have received a very generous donation to the Beca fund. An RPCV who served here in Paraguay and former GADer, Katie Cook and her church raised $4,000 for the scholarship program. We want to thank them for their amazing contribution to this project. The money will be used to support the leadership and technical tallers throughout the year. Thank you again, Katie for all your hard work and dedication.
Hope to see you at the next meeting,
Gariety “Gabi”
GAD Secretary
¤ This meeting:
Intros & Icebreaker:
-Welcome new faces, especially those joining us from G26
Paft:
-This Year’s Deadline for the Beca Applications will be Novermber 30th.
-As of this year, 10% of the scholarships will be available for young men.
-The “solicitude” has been revised for this year’s applicants, it will be available as soon as we receive approval from Washington for the partnership program.
-Gad members requested that materials be available in English to help us reach our financial obligations:
-The PAFT committee will be preparing material in both Spanish and English and we will get a stock email formatted as soon as we can for you all to send to your friends and family back home, as well as other organizations you feel might contribute to our cause. They will include clearer instructions on how to donate as well info concerning the scholarship program in general.
Kuat/GADGabber:
-The minutes will be submitted to the Kuat as always
-The GADGabber, brought to you by Rosana and Lauren, should be in your boxes soon. At the meeting they were working out the submissions a bit and were going to work on it over the following weekend. Thanks you two!
GAD Manuel:
-We have a DRAFT; it is in Sarah’s office waiting for you to check it out!
-It will be/should be posted to Sharepoint for you in-site convenience as well
Gad-in-our-SITES:
-Next Activity: Boy’s Manuel Questionnaire
-Several GAD members have gotten together and want to make a manual similar to Como Planear mi Vida, specifically targeted at young men here in Paraguay. To find out more about what topics should be included they have devised a survey/questionnaire (also available on sharepoint)
*Please include the age of the guys you interview so we can put their responses in context of their age group
-Last Activity: 24hr clock. Not too many people attempted this activity between meetings, but it is a great one to try at any time in your site.
Sec&Tres Reports:
Secretary:
-I have a jump-drive full of GAD document from years past and will be organizing them and cross referencing them with Sharepoint to make sure everything is organized and accessible
-I want to make the blog more useful
-I’ll be doing GAD welcome letters for incoming Gs
Treasurer:
-Funds: 897.600Gs
-We did well on fundraising, but still want to do more, have enough for T-shirts if we want them.
Fundraising:
-PAFT: $10,000 is our financial obligation through the Peace Corps Partnership Program: goes directly to scholarships. Katie’s Donation will not be used to jump-start our fundraising; it will be applied elsewhere.
-Auction: At Thanksgiving, auction off COSing PCVs’ stuff
-Mass email should go out, as well as an announcement made at the G22 COS conference (Allison)
-There are “cute palinganas” in which to deposit auction items in the Coordinator’s office, by Sarah’s desk. There will also be a Journal or Log to note the items to be auctioned off to keep track of what is left to us.
Gad-Camp:
-We need to form the Committee for this year’s GAD Youth Leadership Camp
-Gariety, Melissa, Chantelle, David, Nathan (maybe Rosana and Kaitlin)
-Meeting set for Tuesday afternoon at 4 in the PCO: it happened Tuesday afternoon and we are off to a great start! If you are interested or want more info on our camp, contact Gariety or any of the GAD officers.
viernes, 13 de junio de 2008
GAD PC PY MEETING MINUTES ¤ MAY 23, 2008
Next meeting: Friday, July 25th @ 3 PM @ the PCO
Avisos
- Get involved with the current GAD-In-Our-Sites activity (remember you can put a twist):
Facilitate the ¨24-Hour Clock¨ with men and women in your community
- Please submit GAD Gabber newsletter articles, blurbs, or anything you want to share about your work/ideas on gender & development in PY by the end of June – Editors Rosana and Lauren are accepting hard copies in their PCO mailboxes or electronic files via email (they will be sending out their contact info to the GAD list-serv).
- Submit your GAD articles to the Kuat by July 12!
- Donate Auction items to Sarah Fouts’ desk, if you're COS-ing or just plain generos@
- GAD Camp facilitators - pick up group camp photo participant copies from Fouts' desk
New Officers Elected!
- Let’s give it up for-
Lara Gamble, G-23, President
Gariety Pruitt, G-23, Secretary
Marin Palmer, G-25, Treasurer
This meeting:
We had an awesome turnout of freshly sworn-in G-26ers and gave a little overview of what GAD is all about-(see sidebar blurb for a refresher)
GAD Gabber (biannual newsletter to all PCVs)
- Co-editors: Rosana and Lauren
- Biannual – Issues printed in July/December
- Please submit articles, blurbs, anything you want to share about your work or ideas on gender & development in Paraguay by the end of June – Editors are accepting hard copies in their PCO mailboxes or electronic files via email.
Kuat (we have our own section)
- A new idea is to submit meeting minutes a
- Submit your GAD articles by July 12!
GAD Manual (resource tailored to PCVs working with communities on GAD issues)
- There is now a completed draft of the GAD Binder in the Coordinator’s office for all your PCO general GAD resource needs
- To create a more Volunteer-site-friendly version, we have the GAD Manual Committee – Kaitlin, Joan, Carlos, Marin, with Sarah’s help ikatu
- New Committee – Rosana, Lara, Lorien, Lauren M., Chris, Amy Lang, Sarah F.
- They met on June 9th, gearing up for the second workshop for this year’s scholarship recipients
- Look out for next year’s scholarship application info in November por ahíAuction (to be held at Thanksgiving)
- It can still happen. Jen will email G-21 to donate items but anyone is welcome to donate items. Drop them off at Sarah's desk in the Coordinator's office
- Allison – committee head
- Brian – advertising aka charla paper man
More products
- Rings are another possibility – but we are going to focus on one at a time
Jopara committee (dedicated to providing resources on diversity issues to PCVs)
- Committee – Brian, Katrena, Joan, Rosana, Kaitlin, Lara, Lauren
- Will be preparing a diversity charla for PCVs with Paraguayan presenter(s)
- Recommended PC staff contacts – Gloria Aquino, Josefina
- Our first ever GAD-In-Our-Sites activity resulted in un éxito total! For those who haven’t heard about this, the project in a nutshell was to organize an essay contest on a gender & development topic for students in site. A bunch of PCVs did the activity over the 2 months between GAD meetings and shared experiences and results at this last meeting.
- General results and observations: For a lot of PYan students used to the route memorization learning method, a critical thinking essay contest equaled uncharted territory. But in the end, it was a great forum to express themselves and their views on gender in family, community and national contexts.
GAD-In-Our-Sites Ahorita: 24-Hour Clock
- What’s a great way to get more involved in GAD without ODing on Asunción? Try the GAD-In-Our-Sites activity: Facilitate the ¨24-Hour Clock¨ with men and women in your community
- Stay tuned for Kaitlin’s guide – to be posted – but basically, it’s having people recount and analyze their daily activities
- Not that interested in facilitating the activity straight-up? Then put a twist to it, he’i Fouts.
Treasurer’s Report – 896.000 Gs
Project Spotlight: Secretaria de la Mujer
- Orlando did an encore presentation of the project of creating the office of the Secretaría de
- What does the Sec. de
- Recommended PC staff contact – Josefina
- PC Contact at Sec. De
- There’s an existing request for Orlando to give GAD a write-up to help those who want to get the Sec. de
Officer Elections
- Jajotopata outgoing GAD officers Joan Dudney, Orlando Vélez y Jen Cheng. Bienvenidos Lara Gamble, Gariety Pruitt y Marin Palmer! Life goes on.
sábado, 5 de abril de 2008
GAD PC PY MEETING MINUTES ¤ MARCH 28, 2008
Next meeting: Friday, May 23rd @ 3 PM @ the PCO 2nd floor conference room
What’s happening:
- New officer elections
- Share session for the inaugural GAD-In-Our-Sites activity:
Organize an Essay Contest on gender & development in your community
(scroll down to the end of these minutes for Jill’s pointers and sample flyer text)
This meeting:
Joan passed out GAD Camp group photos (1 per camp participant) – see Sarah Fouts if you haven’t already picked them up for you youth (apologies for the low quality – hopefully the jóvenes will appreciate them igual)
PATF scholarship (technical training and financial aid for young Paraguayan women)
- Start thinking about if you are interested in joining the committee for next year
- We addressed and sealed official thank you letters for this year’s donors
GAD Gabber (biannual newsletter to all PCVs)
- Co-editors: Rosana and Lauren
- Biannual – July/December
- Rosana and Lauren will email GAD members to avisar when it’s time to submit articles
GAD Binder (PCO general GAD resource)
- There is now a completed draft in the Coordinator’s office! We’ve got Joan and Sarah to thank on this one. Check it out for all your GAD reference needs.
GAD Manual (resource tailored to PCVs working with communities on GAD issues)
- This is going to be a more Volunteer-friendly version of the GAD Binder
- Committee – Kaitlin, Sarah, Joan
Jopara committee (dedicated to providing resources on diversity issues to PCVs)
- Bryan is passing off the baton from Jopara Reloaded to GAD
- Committee – Rosana, Katrena, Joan
- Recommended PC staff contacts – Gloria Aquino, Josefina
- Pre-existing Jopara idea – Organize a diversity taller
Project Spotlight: Secretaria de la Mujer
- Orlando presented the project of creating the office of the Secr. de la Mujer in J. O’Leary
- What does the Sec. de la Mujer do? Supports women with the justice process and other aspects of domestic violence; promotes broader gender and development work
- A rep from the Sec. de la Mujer may attend the next GAD meeting
- Recommended PC staff contact – Josefina
Auction
- It can still happen. Tell your COS-ing G20, G21 friends to donate items to Sarah’s desk
Turning the Focus to Males in Paraguay
- Rosana is working on the creation of a manual specifically for Paraguayan boys
- Carlos will write a proposal requesting to include Paraguayan males as PATF recipients
GAD-In-Our-Sites: Essay Contest
- What’s a great way to get more involved in GAD without ODing on Asunción? Try the GAD-In-Our-Sites kick-off activity: organize an essay contest on gender & development in your community (thanks to Jill for sharing her experience)
- The idea of GAD-In-Our-Sites is to pick an activity that all interested GAD members can do in their communities and share the experience at the following meeting…so give it a go and we’ll see what comes out of this!
Officer Elections
- Do you want to take the lead in GAD? Contact Joan (president), Orlando (treasurer) or Jen (secretary) to avisar your interest and learn more about their roles.
- Be there at the next meeting to cast your vote and keep GAD going strong!
This is the flyer I used for the essay contest I did in Horqueta in celebration of Dia Mundial de Mujeres. It can be modified for mother's day or anything really. For prizes, I had the public library in Horqueta donate library cards and pencils, buttons, etc. I chose a handful of finalists based on who actually answered the questions, and wrote a legible one page, was most expressive, etc. Then I had the teachers select the winners from those finalists. We read a bunch of the essays on the radio and also talked about famous women from history on the radio that night too. It was a big success, i received about 25 essays in total and the winners read their essays in front of their parents at the parent's meeting at school and I gave the prizes to them after they read it. All in all, it was a very simple, easy, lindo project with great results. I recommend people try it in their sites! Get the support of teachers who will encourage their students to participate.
- Jill Anderson, G23
Flyer text:
Concurso de Ensayo
En celebracion de Dia Mundial de Mujeres-el 8 de Marzo, escribe una pagina sobre la mujer que es tu modelo ejemplar. Ella puede ser una persona que te conoce como tu madre, tia, hermana, abuela, vecina or profesora pero tambien puede ser una mujer que no conoces como una mujer politica, una famosa o una persona de historia. Por favor, en recognicion de ese dia importante comparte esa mujer con todos. Describe un poco sobre su vida y contesta las preguntas siguientes:
¿Quien es la mujer que es tu modelo ejemplar?
¿ Que es lo que mas admiras de esa mujer?
¿ Porque ella es differente de otras personas?
¿Como tiene ella una influencia positiva en tu vida?
Por favor, entregen tus ensayos a tus profesor@as antes del 7 de Marzo. Va a ver
un/a ganador@ de cada grado y van a recibir un premio y una sopresa super calidad.
* * *
More sample Essay Contest flyer text:
El comité de género y desarrollo de Cuerpo de Paz presenta:
Concurso de Ensayo
En celebración del progreso hacia la igualdad entre las mujeres y los varones, escribe una página sobre el siguiente tema:
¿Qué futuro imaginas en cuanto a los papeles de los varones y las mujeres en la sociedad paraguaya, 10 años más adelante?
Por favor, entregan los ensayos a la sala de la Dirección antes del 13 de mayo. El jurado seleccionará 1 ganador/a por curso.
Premios: 1 hora gratuita del uso del Internet en AMUR
Se sorteará entre todos los participantes 1 tarjeta de saldo de TIGO – valor: 15.000 Gs.
Todos los ganadores serán invitados para leer sus ensayos por la radio, gracias a la colaboración de Radio Valenzuela.
Sample judging criteria:
Concurso de Ensayo
Colegio Nacional San José - Valenzuela, Cordillera, Paraguay
Facilitado por el comité de Genero y Desarrollo (GAD) de Cuerpo de Paz
Guía para el Estimado Jurado
Tema del Ensayo: ¿Qué futuro imaginas en cuanto a los papeles de los varones y las mujeres en la sociedad paraguaya, 10 años más adelante?
Nuestro objetivo del proyecto es dar a los alumnos la oportunidad de pensar en el tema y expresar su visión del futuro en cuanto al desarrollo hacia la igualdad entre los varones y mujeres.
La colaboración del jurado será:
1. Agregar un comentario breve por cada ensayo
2. Seleccionar 1 ganador/a por cada grado por turno, utilizando los siguientes indicadores-
1. Argumento (15 puntos)
1. El ensayo indica claramente una visión tratando específicamente del tema (5 puntos)
2. Se trata de ambos papeles (no solamente por la mujer ni solamente por el varón) (5 puntos)
3. Están incluidas evidencia y razones para dar respaldo al argumento (5 puntos)
2. Estilo y Presentación (15 puntos)
1. La redacción es lógica y fluida (5 puntos)
2. Se usa un buen nivel de vocabulario (a nivel del curso) (5 puntos)
3. Está sin errores de ortografía y gramática (3 puntos)
4. El ensayo cabe en una hoja, tamaño oficio o carta (2 puntos)
3. Originalidad (10 puntos)
1. Es idea propia del alumno/a y ninguna parte del ensayo está copiado de otras fuentes (5 puntos)
2. El ensayo resalta por el ingenio del argumento y expresión del alumno/a (5 puntos)
Total de 40 puntos*
*Los puntajes sirven solamente para facilitar la elección de los ganadores por el jurado y no se enterrarán los alumnos de esos datos.
¡Le agradecemos por su colaboración en el proyecto que apoyará a los que formarán el futuro del Paraguay!
miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2008
We Bonded
The camp experience was a unique chance for participants to get to know other Paraguayan youth from all across the country. GAD Youth Leadership Camp, Tati Yupi, Feb 2008.
We Played
Dinamicas such as this balloon-stomping game helped to bring up the energy level during a full day of activities. GAD Youth Leadership Camp, Tati Yupi, Feb 2008.
We Worked
Paraguayan youth participants and volunteer Mila Wilmouth work in a team to complete exercises in personal and community development. GAD Youth Leadership Camp, Tati Yupi, Feb 2008.
We Traveled
Volunteers and Paraguayan teens arrive at the site of the 2008 GAD-PreAlpa Youth Leadership Camp, bio-refuge Tati Yupi.
lunes, 11 de febrero de 2008
GAD PC PY meeting minutes ¤ January 25, 2008
Next meeting: Friday, March 28, 3PM at the PCO.
This meeting:
Pira pire – 2008 calendars have sold out! Orlando reported 897.000 Gs in GAD’s coffers to date.
PATF Scholarship (technical training and financial aid for young Paraguayan women)
Sarah’s got the 2008 recipients’ list – next year’s applications will be available around November.
For those PCVs who have a 2008 recipient from their site, the winners are required to attend 2 workshops where they will get training and the funds in 2 installments. First workshop date TBA.
GAD section of the Kuat
Calling all GAD for article submissions for the next issue of the Kuat (March deadline). So far, we’ve got a feature issue by Sarah Fouts and a GAD Camp 2008 charlas compilation by Gabby.
Upcoming fechas:
Paraguayan Women’s Day- Feb 24
International Women’s Day- March 8
Contact our pres Joan for tips on how to get your community involved in these awareness celebrations.
GAD Manual (resource for PCVs working with communities on GAD issues)
Michael requested that GAD put together a GAD Binder for office use before March
Topics will be assigned to all interesados at February’s GAD Camp
The PCO GAD Binder can segway into a Manual (to be geared more toward volunteer use in site)
Jopara Initiative
Jopara president Bryan Weiner presented the idea to incorporate Jopara (volunteer diversity group) into GAD – proposal approved
GAD Camp, February 8-11 @ Tati Yupi
KUDOS to the GAD Camp Committee - Lorien, Evangeline, Sarah Fouts, Orlando and Joan - and NGO Pre-Alpa for laying the groundwork for an amazing experience for jovenes and volunteers alike, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Tati Yupi bio refuge near Ciudad de Este.
Now that it's all over, we want to help next year's group do it again, even better! So that leads to...evaluations. At the camp, participants turned in written evals to Evangeline and Volunteers hashed out their initial reactions.
Rachel offered to prepare 3-month evals, to track the impact of the camp experience that the jóvenes have brought back to their communities.
With the huge organizational effort put into the camp now behind us, the slate is cleared for renewed focus on ongoing projects and lots of possibilities for all your ideas!
This meeting:
Pira pire – 2008 calendars have sold out! Orlando reported 897.000 Gs in GAD’s coffers to date.
PATF Scholarship (technical training and financial aid for young Paraguayan women)
Sarah’s got the 2008 recipients’ list – next year’s applications will be available around November.
For those PCVs who have a 2008 recipient from their site, the winners are required to attend 2 workshops where they will get training and the funds in 2 installments. First workshop date TBA.
GAD section of the Kuat
Calling all GAD for article submissions for the next issue of the Kuat (March deadline). So far, we’ve got a feature issue by Sarah Fouts and a GAD Camp 2008 charlas compilation by Gabby.
Upcoming fechas:
Paraguayan Women’s Day- Feb 24
International Women’s Day- March 8
Contact our pres Joan for tips on how to get your community involved in these awareness celebrations.
GAD Manual (resource for PCVs working with communities on GAD issues)
Michael requested that GAD put together a GAD Binder for office use before March
Topics will be assigned to all interesados at February’s GAD Camp
The PCO GAD Binder can segway into a Manual (to be geared more toward volunteer use in site)
Jopara Initiative
Jopara president Bryan Weiner presented the idea to incorporate Jopara (volunteer diversity group) into GAD – proposal approved
GAD Camp, February 8-11 @ Tati Yupi
KUDOS to the GAD Camp Committee - Lorien, Evangeline, Sarah Fouts, Orlando and Joan - and NGO Pre-Alpa for laying the groundwork for an amazing experience for jovenes and volunteers alike, all set against the beautiful backdrop of the Tati Yupi bio refuge near Ciudad de Este.
Now that it's all over, we want to help next year's group do it again, even better! So that leads to...evaluations. At the camp, participants turned in written evals to Evangeline and Volunteers hashed out their initial reactions.
Rachel offered to prepare 3-month evals, to track the impact of the camp experience that the jóvenes have brought back to their communities.
With the huge organizational effort put into the camp now behind us, the slate is cleared for renewed focus on ongoing projects and lots of possibilities for all your ideas!
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