Today we formed a women's group! This morning I was a little hesitant about how the meeting would go, and if we would have trouble electing the officers, but everything went smoothly. I had the women do a lot of brainstorming; to discuss the resources in the community, the necessities and then possible projects for the women's group. We only went off on a few tangents, which is quite an accomplishment!
In the end we had the elections (or discussion about who should be in which post) and it wasn't too difficult. The women would throw out names and that person would say whether she was willing to assume the post or not. The former director of the school was chosen as President, which is great because everyone respects her in the community, she is well educated and very organized.
All of the 23 women who showed up to the meeting seem pretty excited about forming the group and working together. We'll see what happens in the next few months!
On Wednesday, people from Costa Rica's equivalent of the 4-H are coming to meet with us, and hopefully help us with the legalization of the group and maybe with possible project ideas.
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