A whole bunch of pictures from the 2nd Annual Fabretto Competition!
I stole these from the Somoto Oratorio camera yesterday.
Our MCs, Sonia and Fatima who work with me in the Somoto Office
Me giving a short blurb (unprepared...ugh) about Empresa Creativa (Creative Business)
Our cultural act from Quebrada Honda...it's like a requirement for any Nica event...I'm not really a fan because it's the same every time and it's basically stolen from Mexico (copy cats!)
Octopuses made out of a glass bottle and yarn, cards made with recycled paper and a custom stamp: Cusmapa Oratorio
Norlan and Brenda from Somoto, showing off their cross stitched burlap bags.
2nd place team who made organic fertilizer using special worms and cow poop.
Same dudes
The logo for their company: Defenders of the Environment
From the left, Peter (executive of Fabretto), Jessica (Somoto PCV Health), husband Matt (Somoto PCV Health), and Domingo (works with a rural community project in collaboration with Fabretto)...a big thank you to them for judging!
Lions made of yarn, from Quebrada Honda
While the competition was going on, the kitchen ladies and some helpers got the refrigerio ready. We had Arroz a la Valencia (Rice with Veggies and meat), some white bread and a Nica-type fresco (aka juice with a TON of sugar)
A sign showing off the Somoto groups working on their projects.
Byron our Fabretto garden coordinator checks in with the kids. The Fabretto garden had a display out.
Other teachers walked around helping out the groups as the day went on. Carmen, in the pink on the right gave the Cusmapa teams a pep talk.
Necklaces made of string and craved wood from Cusmapa.
Same group made a clothes hamper with larger coke bottles and wire. They need to work on the color though...
Fabretto garden teachers and the veggie stand! Radishes, eggplant, celery, grapefruits were some of the things they brought.
Cusmapa groups show off more bags and bracelets.
Roomie Lauren from Cusmapa chats with the Cus-Nor coffee group, 3rd place.
4th place Cusmapa team who made bread with the funky manjar, aka jelly stuff.
The kids were set up under 5 different tents that were donated for the day.
The decorations, as you can see in the background were from the plants in the yard and some Fabretto employees stayed at work late to make the strands and cut outs.
More bracelets...I hate seeing bracelets but at least they had something.
Knitted yarn bags, Lauren taught them how to knit and they took that skill and created their own business. She always drew the logo on their shirts! How cute are they!
Cajetas, which are sweet carmel-like candies made from milk and sugar
Cell phone holders with sayings sewed on them, Quebrada Honda.
The Winners!
Satin pillows wrapped all pretty from Quebrada Honda
Picture frames and baskets made of foam and plastic
Bamboo houses and lions made of yarn next to them, from Quebrada Honda
My boss Georgia with her newly purchased cojine (pillow), she was a little iffy about the colors the kids chose!
The judges mark their points for the 26 teams participating...poor guys!
Cusmapa girls explain how they created their hair ties.
Matt and Jess give out awards to winning teams, next to them in Doña Chena the Directora of the Somoto Oratorio
The kids get refrigerio, or lunch...finally around 1pm!
Time for sports in the afternoon!
Spectators fill up the Oratorio
Coach Anival helps out the girls teams.
Everyone who played soccer got a gold, silver, or bronze medal. Somoto boys won and the Cusmapa girls won.
The Somoto girls got bronze, but they were happy. Pictured here in the middle is one of my counterparts, Maria Jose.
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