{"id":4798,"date":"2021-11-08T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clavedesur.org\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:13:51","slug":"4798-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clavedesur.org\/en\/4798-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First overseas volunteer \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We were very happy to hear about a 19-year-old volunteer from Germany who was coming to Latin America and wanted to take the opportunity to get to know our work at Clave de Sur<\/em> and join us as an instructor, as it was the first time since the pandemic began that we had been able to welcome any visitors, let alone visitors from overseas. After a few months had passed and he was already in Ecuador, we were contacted by Joshua Schneider from Kulmbach, Germany, who had come to get to know all the wonders of Ecuador, including us!\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Joshua volunteered with us from June 14 to July 23, 2021, and although he plays trombone, we were able to organize a schedule for him that also benefited our trumpet students and included him giving some English and German classes. We tried to make his short stay in Guasmo Sur as worthwhile as possible, by inviting participants from other Mi Cometa<\/em> programs such as CASF and Code 29 to benefit from his courses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Schedule of the courses that dictated Joshua for a month.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As far as musical instruction is concerned, for the students of Clave de Sur<\/em> and residents of the community, Joshua gave music theory classes, led practice sessions on breathing exercises, buzzing and flexibility to improve the tuning skills and fingering speed of our trombone and trumpet students.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n