My Sincelejo - iGCDP Projects Booklet

Colombia, country of incredible diversity and charm. It's varied geo-graphy, it's history full of mistery and adventure, it's people and cultu-res have fascinated the world for centuries. Come to visit Sincelejo, a wonderful city in the North Coast of Colombia. It's waiting for you to give you the better winter of your life.

Make here a positive impact in our society! Explore your potential and discover the best version of yourself, we invite you to learn, share, give, receive and live that...

THE ADVENTUREIS JUST BEGINNING!

A marvelous land of friendly people. It posses-ses a large biodiversity that encompasses all climates and infinite cultures that surprise by their historial legacy.

Sincelejo, like other cities of the coast of Colom-bia, is a lively village, as demonstrated by their conditions and customs; full of joys and one of its most representative celebrations are LAS FIES-TAS DEL 20 DE ENERO.

The city is located near to the Caribbean See in the North of Colombia, and is near to cities like a Coveñas, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Montería!

Arrive in:Los Garzones Nat. Airport in MonteríaRafael Nuñez Int. Airport in CartagenaErnesto Cortissoz Int. Airport in Barranquilla

After arrive you may take a van service to come hereDistance from Montería are 2 hours!Distance from Cartagena are 4 hours!Distance from Barranquilla are 5 hours!

OUR CITYWelcome toLa Perla de la Sabana

Department:Region:Population:Demonym:

SucreAtlantic/Caribbean (North Coast)Near to 350.000 inhabitants.Sincelejan (Sincelejano in Sp)

Our weather

To come here...

Minnimmum:Maximmum:

19ºC37ºC

CultureTraditional music:Our own food:Good fastfood:Own things:

Porro and Fandango!! Mote de Queso & Arepa de HuevoChuzo desgranado, mmm! :)Hamacas and Sombrero VueltiaoVery cool!!

Ay ombe!

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ES-Majagual Square -Colosó Natural Pools

St. Bernard Islands- Roca Madre Park

-Sanguaré Reserve

Caverns in Toluviejo-

Here, we make partyfor everything, don't be surprised if you're invited to a daily.

Our breakfast are very very good, and sometimes very very big!

People here are veryfunny and too receptive

In our city, we use Mototaxi to transport us to any place.Greeat! :)

Colombia is theMost Happycountry in the world! Welcome

-Culture in Sampués

1 DOLLARApproximately

COP

2.000 PESOS

*Bottle of Water: $2.000 Colombian Pesos

*Bottle of Coke: $1.800 Colombian Pesos

*Beer: Between $2.000 and $10.000 Colombian Pesos

*Lunch: Between $4.000 and $40.000 Colombian Pesos

*15cms Sandwich in Subway: $9.000 Colombian Pesos

*Mototaxi: Between $1.000 and $1.500 Colombian Pesos

*Taxi: $5.000 Colombian Pesos

*Cinema: $7.000 Colombian Pesos

EXPENSES

TIPS

We recommend you to have some Colombian

pesos when you arrive to the country, Dolars or Euros when you arrive in Sincelejo, it's easy to find money exchange

places but they only receive Dolars or Euros, but most of banks and places receive international credit and debit cards

MONEY

You can find internet in the most of places in the city, like co�ee shops, universi-ties, hotels, libraries and restau-rants. Also in your host family. You can also buy portable internet.

INTERNET

CONNECTIONYou can bring

your phone with simcard and buy a Colombian Simcard, in our city the most phone operator used is Tigo, SimCard cost is $5.000 Colombian Pesos. Also, its a lot of people on the street that sell you phone time that cost $200 COP per minute.

YOUR PHONE

The Experience of your life is here

Six Weeks like never Before

ConditionsOpportunities

Description

When? Dec. 5th to Jan. 24th

Work with students, Workshops about Leaders-hip, Enterpreneurship, Vocational Guidance!

* Fee: $25 Dollars.*Housing with an AIESEC member, Host Family or Trainee House.*Food and/or Transportation (please ask in the interview)

... Creating workshops to boost young people to be everyday the best version of themselves.... Boosting to learn a second language.... Preparing a Global Village with Students showing what students learned about culture... enjoying participation in AIESEC spaces and events.

The project is aimed at students of high school last year with the goal to train them with comprehensive profiles and competitive professional ready for college and society through leadership workshops, enterpreneurship and vocatio-nal guidance, in addition to managing a second language.

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Conditions

Opportunities

Description

When? Dec. 5th to Jan. 24th

Community Development, team management.

* Fee: $25 Dollars.*Housing with an AIESEC member, Host Family or Trainee House.*Food (Lunch and Snack minimmum) and/or Transportation (please ask in the interview)

... Provide for elderly people activities related to their culture and valuation of life... Develop workshops that make the elderly feel loved, giving them hours of joy and moti-vation, presenting the cultural beauties of our country and the country of origin....Create activities to celebrate the Christmas and New Year with grandparents.

This project conducted in Homes for the elderly, provi-ding diverse cultural moments. The main objective of this pro-ject is to make happy the gran-dparents, and celebrate with them the Christmas and New Year!

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ConditionsOpportunities

DescriptionSabaneras

When? Nov. 25th to Jan. 6th

Mil Sonrisas Sabaneras it's an initiative from AIESEC that will change many lives around the World. The concept of Global Citizen is to form better people more conscious of world's issues and to give a di�erent perspective to how we can be Change agents in our days.


Work in communities, multiculturalism with childrens, workshops...

*Housing with an AIESEC member, Host Family or Trainee House*Food and/or Transportation (please ask in the interview)

...Preparing sports, workshops and creative activitis like tournaments, painting, dancing, etc....Creating fundraising activities to collect Christmas presents for poor childrens popu-lation.... Participating in AIESEC events like a Global Village, Trainings, IPS...

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THERE IS A PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE THE FIRST IMPRESSION

IS A LASTING IMPRESSION KEPT IN THE HEART

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Do you want to come?EMANUEL HERRERA ALVAREZVP IGCDP AIESEC IN [email protected] | +57 318 272 5188

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