Nancy: YPN 2009 Participant (Argentina)

During May, in the YMCA Argentina we did the pre camps with the different groups of children (between 3 to 5 years), who are present at the regular program. This activity is the first part of the project, which culminates in October with the spring camps. In the YMCA Argentina the development of the camps is considered to be one of fundamental tools for the integral education of the children. From this aspect, one is constituted of the general objective that it is to promote the direct contact with the nature and the discovery of the greatness of the creation.

The teachers of every group design a set of activities according to the ages and of your interests.
Only, the group of little children (3 to 5 years) went away of exit of going and turned in the day. In this opportunity, they visited an educational farm, where they realized workshops linked with the environmental care, contact animals of farm in a small zoo.

The group of children of 6 to 9 years, had an experience of two days, in that they played in contact in the nature, learned to do rustic constructions. Some of the children slept the first time in tent. The group of 10 to 13 years, in the main they are children who already have experiences about camp previous years. They enjoy of many games. They realized workshops of skills of camp, especially kitchen workshops. The group of young persons, who take part in the program of leadership, also took your first camp as a part of the process of formation. For several years, I am the teacher in charge of this training. The contents that develop during both days of training are it brings activities over of teamwork, planning, execution and conduction. In this experience the participants develop principally tasks of leadership. Really, is amazing opportunity to share and learn about others and different experiences.

This year, this camp had a particular characteristic. Because there joined two groups of persons who did not know themselves. They are taking part of the program of young leadership. A group is from Buenos Aires and other group from Rosario. Both places are two big cities of Argentina, where YMCA has presence. Really, it was a very good experience that I learn.