By rebecca trujillo | directora
Congratulations, these special artists pulled off another successful fair to bring awareness to the plight of animals in danger of extinction amid COVID. The staff of Special Families worked with the artists to plan a fair with a drawing contest with three categories: Special Mothers, Children in Special Education, and Young People in the Employment Program. The In-person Fair consisted of nine contest winners; The artists had turned the park into a natural habitat for the animals, including three sites: Mammals in Danger located in the house of mammals, Birds in Danger situated on the treehouse, and Fish in Danger next to the new fish pond, water fountain. The winners entered these three sites to learn about the different animals in danger in Nicaragua. In addition, each place offered talks, videos, and games related to their animal class. They gave out artistic mementos made with recyclable materials to help people remember the animals. These sites were videoed and reshown to different schools and social agencies and all staff in Special Families. The first part of the Fair started in the newly refurbished entrance to the park with a treasure hunt.
One purpose of the Fair was to make people aware of Special Families' new policy on the Natural Environment. Thus, answering the question:" what can we do to help our natural environment instead of losing it to forces beyond our control?"
Each participant learned new facts and information about the animals in Nicaragua. They were each presented small donated prizes and ribbons, and certificates. Each drawing was made on a cloth now, on display at the sunflower café, helping raise awareness of the animals in danger of extinction.
One other event drew much attention. It was the start of the Yogurt campaign using paintings of animals in danger of extinction on the lids of the yogurt containers. Children and adults are collecting theses for different prizes as well as for personal collections. The artists were delighted with the Fair and have already moved on to planning for next year and keeping the issue hot with several animals being the target of extinction.
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