Tagged With: Voices of Mompox
Take One: “Don’t You Know the Whole World Will See This?!”
The video below, “Tu no sabes que este va pa’ todo el mundo?” or “Don’t you know the whole world will see this?”, was the kids’ first experience conducting on-camera interviews. In “Tu no sabes…” Miguel Davila, author of “Bienvenido a Mompox/Welcome to Mompox,” interviews Julio Zambrana and Hernando Sanchez Villalba, author of “El Otro … Continue reading
8 Easy Things You Can Do to Help Mompox
After a month in Mompox, we became aware of at least 100 different kinds of needs. Some days, we felt overwhelmed and just wanted to shut the door and take a big, deep breath. We did something better, though: we invited people to sit down and tell us their stories. Based on what we learned … Continue reading
Voces de Mompox: An Update & The Dollar Challenge
The Update Everything seemed to come together at the last minute. We found a house for rent that would serve as the ideal space for Voces de Mompox to continue as an after school program. With a large living room (that’s PART of the living room, in the photo above–to be repurposed as a computer/multi-media … Continue reading
To Mompox, With Love
As we scrambled to finish projects with the kids, leave them some lasting skills, and explore the possibilities of creating a permanent space for the Voces de Mompox project, getting articles on the website fell to the wayside. This week and next, we’ll be catching up on stories collected in Mompox… some written and produced … Continue reading
Santa Cruz de Mompox: Tesoro en Bruto/Diamond in the Rough
[Spanish version; please scroll down for English version] Me parece una ciudad muy bonita, llenas de muchas cualidades. Es un lugar relajante y muy tranquilo. Tiene 4 calles: la Calle Cuarta, la Calle del Medio, la Calle de Atras, y Albarrada. Ademas tiene la carretera y muchas casas coloniales las cuales son muy bellas. Tiene … Continue reading
