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Facilitators: Jafet Escalante (Nicaragua) & Krisztina Katona (Hungary) Volunteers: Laura Wade, Grainne Ryan, Orla Borreye,Vanessa Maumelat & Rebecca Roche (Ireland) Participants: Izabel Muy Mendoza (Guatemala) Nathalie Evrung-Sjรถstrรถm (Sweden) Abner De Jesus Ujpan Matzar (Guatemala) Tunde Mikulka (Hungary) Elyin Solis Torres (Nicaragua) Steven O'Reilly (OGRA) (Ireland) Emma Hollenbach (OGRA) Leah Curtin (OGRA) (Ireland) Nicole Keane (OGRA) (Ireland) Sarah Scanlon (MCAC Group) (Ireland) Aisling Russell (MCAC Group) (Ireland) Amanda Crowley (MCAC Group) (Ireland) Rob McCormick (MCAC Group) (Ireland) Noely Keane (MCAC Group) (Ireland)
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“Working in an international group gives more depth to the experience and new ways of thinking.” Oskar
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More! Read our step-by-step guide to Muralismo Read about our partner organisation FUNARTE See video clips here.
GlobalFest 2009 was funded and supported by the European Youth in Action Programme and the Development Education Unit of Irish Aid.
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