Day 8: MBM’s Got Talent

On day eight we finished the fourth project. Tete and I had each team build a monument to a global issue that they felt was important to them as a team. They could use anything they wanted in the camp, and do any type of art medium. In this project, Tete and I focused on them as a leader not only of teams or projects, but a leader in their values, beliefs and passions. The red team did a sketch about pollution, and even used part of the river to show the devastating effects of litter and pollution on nature. They forced the other students to help pick up the trash they had purposely placed around the riverbed in order to make the point that it only takes a few moments of your day to pick up the litter you see when you’re in nature. The blue team did a project on the economic crisis and the global issue they were trying to focus on is the irresponsibility of wealthy nations and the effects it has on the middle class people around the world. The green team focused on natural disasters. Here the pointed out our responsibility as global citizens to help those in need whenever a disaster like this happens. The earthquake in Haiti, the flooding in Central Europe, the tsunami of Malaysia, and the earthquake in China are all examples of catastrophic events that left people with nothing—their lives almost entirely erased. The yellow team focused on the loss of animal habitats and the extinction of animals. Their video was really creative and funny and I was totally impressed by all the groups and the effort they put into their presentations.
AIESEC Prague decided to drop by in the afternoon, which was a great help for us facis. We were getting pretty worn out by this day, and they were the perfect energy we needed to keep the students engaged and active. During the afternoon break, AIESEC Prague took the students to play football (soccer) and volleyball and that gave us some time to prepare for the night activity and have a break.
During the evening, we had a talent show. AIESEC Prague performed a little skit but the real show was the students. Who knew that 20 students would have so much talent. Nataša did a flamenco dance, Igor and Lessya did an outstanding tango dance, Johnny had a few balancing and strength, Jita can juggle and some of the girls did some group dances. And then there was my talent. One of the students needed backup dancers, so Harrison and I were asked to accompany him in his attempt to belly dance, since Aysegul didn’t demonstrate belly dancing on International Dance Night. Let’s just say, I was a great back up dancer and Big John by far performed above and beyond everyone’s expectations during his belly dance.  It’s a memory I’ll never forget—that’s for sure. The talent show also included some Indian dancing and traditional Czech songs, and I have to say that it was so much fun to see our young men and women growing up and showing their special talents! It was after this night I realized that the camp was almost half way over and pretty soon we’d be saying goodbye to these students we’ve gotten to know so well.