Global Changemakers

Since I left Guilford
I have faced new problems and new experiences some of them good and some of
them bad.  I want to start thanking
everybody especially to the British council because since I left Guilford I have started a
process of changes. Sometimes this changes maybe frightening but the memories
and all the things I learned at Guilford
help me every day with my road. I can only say that for me Guilford was the
start of everything, the start of changes, of realizing that hope exists, of
learning, of knowing, of sharing, of helping, of growing up…the start of living
a new style of live where it is possible to be listen. I returned to Mexico as a new
Lety.

I think I
hadn´t realized how wonderful and perfect my experience was in Guilford with my "global family". I will
always keep in my heart and in my mind the 59 activist. I can heartily say that
I admire you and that you inspire me a lot every day. It hadn´t passed a day
without remembering something about Guilford.
I spent only one week at Road to Davos but it changes my whole perspective and life.
Before I start with my traveller’s blog something that I want you to know is
that I think that what we lived in Guilford
wasn’t the Road to Davos it was the start of the Road.

On April I traveled with all my classmates to Veracruz. It is a state
of Mexico
located in the Gulf so it had a beach and the weather was warm. We arrived to
one of the rural and poorest zones of the state. Although the economical
situation of the natives is low they created a nature reserve to protect the
green Iguanas and the ecosystem. The nature reserve has only the essentials
things, so my class and I organized the travel to help them to improve the
installations of the reserve. The jails of the Iguanas are built with aluminum
so they had a silver color. The color alters the temper of the Iguanas and that
affects the reproduction process. As they are nervous and angry because of the
metal that reflects the sun light they don´t produce enough eggs. We decided to
solve that problem by painting all the jails with an ecological green paint. We
work two days to paint all the installations and at the end of the work the
natives taught us more about the conservation of the animals in that zone. The
problem is that Veracruz
used to be his home but as people start to populate the zone the animals loosed
their homes.

I enjoyed it a lot, no matter all the inconvenient
like the long trip, the animals and insects that live in the jungle where we
stay. Here are some pictures:

My group

Working 

The Iguanas

As most of you know I´m part of a non-profit
organization name "Al mal tiempo…Buen Causa" which means in "Bad Times…Good
Cause". I have also continued my activism as a member of that organization. At
my return I was named director of Human Resources and we started planning a new
performance for "La Casa
de la Niña" it
is a special place for girls that are orphans or that suffered abuse from their
parents so the government take care of them.

The performance just passed last Saturday and it was
amazing. Well I think that I have to explain what the performance is about. We
sing and dance for needed people our objective is to impulse them to face the
music, to give them hope and giving them a helping hand. Let them know that if
they believe they can do it they will. May be as you read the last lines you
maybe think that is not a big deal. But I love it.

We prepared the performance with months of
anticipation and we practiced the songs and the dances during hours and hours
along those months. But all the work is insignificant in contrast of the
smiles, hugs, and kisses we received from the girls after the performance.

One of the girls really impressed me her name is
Arianna she is six years old and their parents lost the rights over here
because they hit here.  She also has a
physical problem one of her legs has a deformation so she can hardly walk. In
one of the songs I took here in my arms so she could dance, I got a say that I
received the warmest hug ever.

The performance

The Girls

With the Girls 

My organization is growing we will present on
September in one of the most important non-profit organizations of Mexico. Maybe
you have heard about it its name is "Teleton".There is a little bit of what I have being
doing. I wish with all my heart we can meet soon. Cause thanks to Guilford I love activism
even more. You make me realized that I can make a difference. And as some of
the activism sang. Tell me what you want what you really really want!!! I WANT
I WANT TO REALLY REALLY REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD!!! I love you guys and remember
keep in touch and Speak up!

LOVE, LETY