Two days until the participants arrive for the Regional Meeting of GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean.

They're coming from:
Argentina
Barbados
Brasil
Colombia
Cuba
Guatemala
México- Veracruz
México- DF
Nicaragua
Panamá
Perú
República Dominicana
Salvador
St. Lucia
Uruguay

To steal from official documents, for lack of time:

The objective of the Regional Meeting of GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean is to discuss the new GEO for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean Capacity Building Guidebook, which will comprise part of the education and capacity building component of GEO for Youth. At the same time, participants will design a strategy for the future of the project in Latin America and the Caribbean and will have the opportunity to share their respective experiences with conducting activities and advancing the project in their own countries.

The meeting will take place from the 27th to the 31st of October in the Ex - Monasterio del Parque Nacional Desierto de los Leones (translation: Ex-Monestary of Desert of the Lions National Park) in the Delegación Política de Cuajimalpa de Morelos (Political Delegation of Cuajimalpa of Morelos) in Mexico City [pictured above]. This area has been identified as the most important green space in the city.

I can't believe I'm actually helping to organize this! I'm very excited and only slightly freaked out...

There's much more I could be sharing from the past week, but must get back to translating and preparing for the English-speaking minority of participants, for whose comfort and comprehension I will be completely responsible. I think this is one of those situations for which the expression "sink or swim" was created.

Hopefully I can write soon of how successful the meeting was and fill in other gaps in what's been happening :)