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July 1, 2006
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| June 16, 2006 |
In Pictures – Photo Tour IV of Life Onboard |
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Before arriving in Jamaica, the Global English and Espanol Training team held the GET Book Project. Selling children's picture and reading books for $10 each, participants purchased the books, wrote a special message and then donated the books back to be given to the Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club. A poster reading “Open your heart with a book” hung over the free space while participants scribbled their messages in the books. They wrote messages such as “ Please study hard and make your country's people happy,” and “Dear student, Enjoy this book and remember to eat your peas.” When Peace Boat docked in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the GET challenge program met with the Boys and Girls club to hand over the books and the funds raised. |
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Joining Peace Boat from New York, two young filmmakers from Downtown Community Television Center came onboard to film Peace Boat's various onboard activities and port of call educational tours. Keiko Akashi and Liat Krawczyck, both 19, just finished their first year at college, decided to join Peace Boat as it sailed towards Vancouver. They began working together last winter on a documentary called “Rolling with the Homies” about youth caught in the hard streetlife of New York City. After interviewing Guest Educator Ana Francis and attending her lectures about the history of the civil war in El Salvador, Liat went on tour to visit with the women sex workers. “What we learned about became a reality when we did the homestay in El Salvedor,” said Liat |
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Panama Canal
Peace Boat sailed through the Panama Canal on June 13th. Participants crowded the front deck to marvel at the impressive 20th Century engineering feat. “Two more meters to go!” shouted an excited participant, as he saw the water level rising as the boat leveled with the next lock. After passing through the Miraflores locks, Topaz sailed into the Pacific ocean after two weeks of being on the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Global Festival
On the same day as the Panama Canal, Peace Boat's Global Festival was held on the pool deck. Participants donated unnecessary used closed and goods for an open flea market. Others offered their skills of tarot card and palm readings, Thai massage, t-shirt stenciling, and lounge chair equipped counseling sessions. The festival was accompanied by musicians and performers sharing songs and dances from around the world. The Global Festival raised 1,769 US dollars and 77,296 Japanese yen for two El Salvadorian organizations CESTA and CORDES in their Hurricane Stan relief efforts. |
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Guest Educator Ana Francis, onboard from Jamaica to her home country of El Salvador, joined Peace Boat to talk to participants about their next port of call. Sharing the history of the country, her experiences and activism during the civil war, and her current efforts for gender equality. Her energetic and friendly demeanor made it difficult for participants to believe that Ana had once lived a double life as a everyday citizen in the city and as a guerrilla in the mountains. In 1986, she helped fund the first women institution in El Salvador, The Institute for the Development of Women (IMU). At the Global Festival, Anna was moved to tears by the generosity of the funds raised by participants for the two organizations she has worked closely with. |
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