9th Annual Alternative Spring Break to Guatemala City

March 10-16th, 2013 | Guatemala City, Guatemala

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You are invited by Gesundheit! Institute and Patch Adams to Guatemala City, Guatemala for the 9th annual Alternative Spring Break trip! During the week we will open our hearts into the discovery of improvisational play, communal connectedness, and activism through joy and service. If you've never clowned before, this is your chance to dive into a whole new way of being! 

Each day, we will explore the dynamics between play and power during visits to hospitals, nursing homes, schools, public parks, and special needs facilities. We will be joined in our visits by members of the Guatemalan clown organization Fabrica de Sonrisas. As we learn about ourselves as humanitarian clowns through workshops in clown technique, we will also form bonds within our small group as well as in the greater Fabricas family. 

Schedule

A clown trip is a great opportunity to expand your idea of the world and yourself. What does it feel like to open your heart and be ready to experience the world? Register for this trip and change your life! Invite your friends, siblings, cousins, or even parents! Everyone is welcome; no experience necessary. 

The day-to-day itinerary of the trip will not be available from the Fabrica de Sonrisas coordination team until closer to March, but this is what a typical day looks like:

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Travel by bus to clown at hospital, orphanage, or nursing home
  • Lunch at the hotel
  • Travel by bus to another clown visit
  • Dinner at the hotel
  • After dinner group activity

General Information

Cost - $1300

The payment package includes: 

  • Beautiful family-run hotel reserved just for us
  • 3 meals a day 
  • Transportation to and from the airport 
  • Private transportation in the city 

Please plan to arrive Sunday the 10th before 5 pm. Please do not plan to stay in the hotel earlier than this date as it will interrupt Week 1. If you would like a recommendation for a different hotel for any days you will be in Guatemala prior to March 10, we can assist you. 

*The tour package does not include your flight to and from Guatemala City 

Facilitators:

Patch Adams—entered medical school in 1967 to use medicine as a vehicle for social change; promotes and practices living a life of public joy as a revolutionary act; fount of ideas for avoiding burn-out in long-term social justice and health. Enthusiator.

Terra Glick—is a student of the movement school of 5Rhythms and enjoys dancing through her own entanglements, has performed on Gesundheit clown trips since her childhood, chemist of relationships, inventor of songs, learning to love vulnerability; activist, dynamicist.

Susana Gonzalez-Revilla—observer extraordinaire, conceptualist, painter, sculptor, dancer, clown, performer of life, listener of the heart, builder of communication bridges, guitar and drums apprentice, lover of inquiry and imagination

Want to Participate?

1) Fill out the Electronic Registration Form Here ⇒

2) After you fill out the form you will receive information to make a $500 non-refundable deposit. Please do not fill out the form unless you are prepared to make your deposit. Check, paypal, and wire transfers are accepted.  

Passports: No visa is required. Passports can be expedited by your local post office. Please bring two color photocopies of your passport with you.

Vaccinations: Please talk to your doctor about the recommended vaccinations for travel to Guatemala. We will not be in any areas of the country where Malaria is a possibility.

Contact: If you would like more information about the itinerary for the week please email Terra or call her at (540) 421-6422 with questions or concerns.

Downloadable Forms

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Parental Authorization for International Travel26 KB
Gesundheit Institute Internation Release Form24.5 KB