ALMA Camp

July 14th – July 16th, 2007 Piura, Peru

ALMA Camp

ALMA camp is a leadership camp for adolescent girls ages 14-18 years old. Each department has the opportunity to host their own camp and each volunteer within the department selects 2 or 3 girls from his or her site to participate in the camp. The camp consists of various presentations on topics such as self-esteem, speaking in public and leadership. For the past several months the 14 volunteers who chose to participate have been meeting in Piura once a month to plan the activities. We have had to request speakers to do presentations, solicit municipalities and other organizations to support us financially and arrange for all the other details to be taken care of. Most volunteers also did a fundraiser within in their site to help cover costs.

I think the girls had a great time. Between the games, the presentations and the chance to meet girls from all over the department of the Piura, most girls had an experience unlike any other they have ever had beforehand. ALMA Camp was a success.