Footprint Village Diary

Team Canada was the Delegation of the Day!

2009-01-04T02:25:00.000-02:00

We had Flag Time and sang the CISV song before eating breakfast at 8:30am.

Our first activity was “The Fastest Tag in the West”। Everyone was “it” and you had to be the last person standing in order to win.

We were paired up with someone else from camp and we each had to write a list of things that were important to us. Then we were told to decorate a box that would hold our “most important things” list and an egg.

We had to protect our egg as though it was the most important thing in the world. It represented the things that we wrote down on our list. We weren’t allowed leave our egg alone and both partners had to share responsibility for it. Some people chose to decorate the egg as though it was a baby.

Next we had free time. Some of us made bracelets, some played soccer and others read a book.

Lunch was spaghetti with sauce.

Siesta was after lunch from 1:30 until 2:30. During Siesta the JC shop is open (the place to buy candy). The Egg-Sitter was also open during Siesta.
After Siesta we played Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is blindfolded and Juliet has her ankles tied together. Romeo calls for Juliet and Juliet responds while trying to hop away (she doesn’t want to be caught by Romeo).

Next we played “Cinderella”. We were divided into 8 groups and we had to act out the story of Cinderella in a special way. One group was Hippie style, another was Matrix, one couldn’t use sound, one was backwards, etc.

When we presented our skit, the staff wasn’t paying attention. They played soccer, talked, ran around and walked on stage. They were trying to prove a point. They wanted us to know what it felt like when people don’t respect each other. After the presentations, we debriefed to talk about how we felt.

Snacktime was next. We had bread with cheese, Nutella or Dulce Leche.

Then we all had shower time followed by Delegation Time. Delegation Time means we spend time with our delegation to talk about “stuff”. We talk about how we like camp, our National Night and anything else we want to.

Dinner was made by the France Delegation for their National Night. We had to dress up and we were seated in couples at candlelight tables. We started with “Lyon Salad” – lettuce with tomatoes, eggs, bacon and a mustard dressing. The boys had to get the girls a drink and bring it to their table. The main course was potatoes with a cream sauce and a Lyon sausage. Dessert was Praline Pie – it was SO GOOD!

Between the courses, everyone got up and danced between the tables.

After dinner was the rest of France’s National Night. The presented a skit for us and then taught us a dance. Then they gave us a sheet of questions about France that we had to answer with our delegation.

They gave each of us a cheese-like container with a candy, perfume and descriptions and pictures about themselves.

Then we gathered for Flag Time and the CISV song before going to the Lullaby Room. We sang lullabies and then went to our beds. The leaders came in to give us hugs and kisses goodnight and then we went to sleep.

क.इ.स.व्.

2009-01-03T10:21:00.000-02:00

“Children having fun” (CR, SWE, CAN)

“Kitchen Staffs appear!!!” “thanks all of you guys”

“kitchen Staffs working during the breakfast”

“Dulce de Leite”Desert from Argentina for their national निघत"

“Hmmm.... was really good”

“Kids divided in 6 groups to do the first activity”

“Human pyramid” made for the activity task”

The jury were made by an happy, a bad and a crazy Guy” (the staffs)

“All the groups got together for the last task”

"Crazy leaders having fun” (Ger, Per, Aus)

“Tchê Tchê coleeeee energyzer for the second activity”

“The Love among leader and delegate”

“The second activity was divided into two groups, jungle peoples and engineer”

“Jungle people creating their own language and culture to ask the enginner to build a bridge for them”

“Jungle people trying to ask for the enginner to build the bridge”

“Crazy dance like jungle people communication”

“The bridge made by the enginners”

“Kitchen staffs helping us to prepare the snacks”

"uoopppssssssssssssss..... cleaning the paint dropped on the floor”

“Argentina dinner”(we ate typical foods from Argentina)

“Nor, Bra, Ger”

“Leader and delegate having fun while Argentina national night was preparing the stuffs”

“Argentina typical clothes”

“The delegates from Argentina dancing tango”

“Movie from Argentina”

“Staffs and Argentina delegation

Aussie Aussie Aussie.... oi oi oi!

2009-01-02T10:05:00.001-02:00

We began the day at 8am with some loud Australian music, followed by Flag Time at 8:25am.

Breakfast went smoothly and we chose who got their breaky first by asking them questions about Australia.

Due to rain, the first activity was relocated and changed to the under cover football court. We all enjoyed playing the running game Octopus and before we new it, it was time for free time! Woo hoo, everyone loves this time of the day. It gives us a chance to relax, talk to our friends, play a game or do some art and craft activities.

After free time, came lunch time! Also, another favourite part of the day. We ate some traditional Brazilian food and we enjoy trying different foods.

Siesta time…… or JC shopping time! This part of the day, allows us to have some quiet time or even have a siesta. During this time, the JC shop is open for half an hour and they sell a selection of chocolates, candy and soft drinks.

Get ready to …… get your hair done…what? The next activity was titled `Mad Hair Parade`, and it was certainly crazy! We were split up into groups and allocated a leader. It was the group´s job to make their leader´s hair the wildest, craziest, maddest and wackiest hair-do ever, using what ever you could find. Now, when we say what ever…. we really do mean what ever. Some groups used shampoo, leaves, toothpaste, empty cans, detergent, streamers, rubbish and mud! We all felt sorry for the people who had their hair done. Later on the leaders modeled their hair styles and a winner was decided by a panel of judges (Nati from Australia).

Mud bath anyone? After our Mad Hair Day catwalk, we all went outside and completed a water, apple and flour related obstacle course. It was messy but fun! As it had been raining, the football field was extremely muddy and quite disgusting. By the end of the activity, there was not a clean piece of clothing nor child to be seen.

After some really long showers, we had dinner and started our last activity the Fax Machine. Everyone was placed into four lines and the end person was given a picture to then draw on the next person’s back. The next person did the same, until everyone in the line had passed on the drawing without talking. The front person then had to draw the image that they felt on their own back, onto a piece of paper. Thank God it was a relaxing and calm activity that we all enjoyed.

As the day drew to an end, a special time of the night came along. Lullabies! The Australian delegation enjoyed selecting the songs for lullabies and we then went to bed. We were exhausted, what a day!

CAMP DIARY 01/01/2009

2009-01-01T09:55:00.000-02:00

We had a late wake up, because the Day before we had the New year´s party.
Activity one: We had an orchestra energizer on the beginning

After that we played mini banana:

Then we sang the song singing in the rain:

During siesta time the JC SHOP opened for the first time!!!

During the afternoon, in Activity II we played a game where we had to collect as many as footprints as we could going through different stations. Each station gave you a card with a colour and when you had to trade that for footprints. What we learned from the game was that is better to work as a team!!!

In activity III we made a recycled purse and mail box that we will be using for other activity!!

We really enjoyed the day and had a lot of fun!!!!

Hugs and kisses for everyone!!

Mica, Mili, Mateo, Pela, Belu.

Wednesday, the 31th of December

2008-12-31T10:49:00.000-02:00

The delegation of the Day (Germany) woke up all the people with some music.

After breakfast, we played a game, where you have to pass the Ball to someone in the circle and call his name.

This is a Picture of another game.

We played a game, where you had to cross a river where a crocodile was (the guy in Green). He called a colour. If you had the colour, you could cross the river without danger, otherwise, the crocodile could catch you. If you had been caught, you become a plant that cannot move and you can catch other people.

New years ave for Austrália.

New years ave for Japan.

Japanese super-Renan!

We had an activity, where we should presentate something without speaking.

A colour was shown and we had to show something, we compare with this colour.
An activity, where we had to paint something, we compare with the music, that was played. First, we had our own paper and in the end we all draw a big picture together.

Another colour-game.

It was not 12h00 am yet but ...

New years ave for Germany.

New years ave for Sweden.

New years ave for Norway.

New years ave for France.

All together now!

Our Brasilian New Years Eve!

Benny's fanny face!

STAFF DANCE!

First 2009 lullabies.

Happy Birthday Seline!!

Making our 2009 wishes!

First Days of Camp

2008-12-30T00:33:00.001-02:00

"I like to move it move it, I like to move it move it, I like to... MOVE IT!!!"

And, finally, the kids have arrived !! We were sooooo happy to finally meeting them, after long months of expectations... and also, their leaders couldn't be happier to recieve their little "sons" and "daughters" back from a two day weekend off.

The first two days of camp we more focused on getting to know each other, learning our names, and just having fun at this new amazing place. After presenting their delegations, meeting new friends, and getting to know the beautiful Staff it was time to leave their first mark in the world, as Footprinters. All delegations helped us to plant a tree at our campsite, which will be left here as a mark our Village left for the whole society involved in our Village.

So, right after leaving a remarkable footprint we got our camp pictures taken (YES, this soon... and you'll know the reason why in just a bit).

With that being said, the Footprint Staff would like to welcome you all to... FOOTPRINT VILLAGE !!!!

Camp Preparation

2008-12-28T23:54:00.000-02:00

Well, the camp started a little earlier for us Staffs, on January 26th we were already inside our beautiful campsite finishing to prepare everything, and getting everything all set for what was to come on the next few days. It was a lot of work, we had to turn a school into and awesome campsite for a Village, and we think we did a pretty good job.

But also, in between all those moments of harsh and extreme strength capability, there were moments when we could just enjoy our time and appreciate the best part of being a Staff in a Village camp…. WE GET TO WEAR COOL HATS !!!!

And so, after a full day of preparation, the big day had come, January 27th… Day 1 !!! The day the leaders and JC´s arrived, leaving the kids with out lovely and responsible CISV Host-families. Down here you can see a picture of the whole Staff group together, just a few minutes before the group of leaders arrived to the campsite...

As you can see, the first weekend without the kids wasn’t easy; there were lots and lots of work to do and things to decide. So the leaders couldn’t waste time, and we all went straight to work!

Well guys... this was a little something of how all the preparation for this amazing camp was. Be ready to get the post of our first days with the camp full of kids running around !!! Hope you all enjoyed.

Footprint Staff

Welcome to Footprint Village

2008-12-26T23:52:00.000-02:00

Well Helloooooo parents, friends, participants, or anyone who is just interested in getting to know more about the most amazing Village Camp in the history of CISV Milky-Way, the Footprint Village.

We, the Staff, would like to start off by saying “sorry” to all of you who had been waiting for this... our internet in the camp had not been functioning at all until today, but from now on, we promise to keep you posted more and more.
Second, we would like to thank all you parents who were brave enough to let your kids fly through oceans to come and spend the time of their lives with us…you can be sure that we, and also the leaders, are doing the best we can to make this Village unforgettable for everyone.

So from now on, sit back, relax, enjoy the ride, and welcome to FOOTPRINT VILLAGE !!!

Footprint Staff