Juanma Oviedo
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Small message to friendly visitors of the web
I guess many random people are reading this, so it cant really be a personalized message... Maybe you are here because you heard of my name or maybe you actually know me. The last case probably being the most common.. Or maybe you’re just visiting a complete strangers wikipage?
Well in any case, My name is Juan Manuel Oviedo, and I’m very happy that you stopped by my wiki-home!
Around the world many people prefer (or maybe I imposed my self over them) to call me Juanma
I have been around for around 22 years, since 1986. Great year by the way, designated the International Year of Peace by the UN, the first time a modern Pope has visited a synagogue and the year of Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
Then of course many other things happened... but you can read about that in other wiki’s, this one is about me.
What I have done in my life
- My best acting Role was J.F. Kennedy when I was 12, I had a blond girlfriend at the time.
- was elected the students rep (in High School),that meant I joined the teacher´s friends group, so I could skip classes with not disapproval.
- met Fidel Castro's Brother and took a picture with him in Habana (I really didn´t even know him, but it is cool to take pictures with people you just met, and apparently are famous! you should try it some day!)
- played Basketball and ultimate Frisbee in High School (believe it or not, I actually played a lot, I guess years dont come alone... and now I am lazier than ever).
- studied to become a Magician but when I realized they were only going to teach us “fake” magic I quit. Harry Potter never did fake magic!
- Studied to become a Photographer, did a black room in my bathroom, and then realized it was to expensive...
- I've been studying Law for 3 years now and things related to Community Justice.
- I worked as a waiter for 5 months at Mazala Zone in Soho, London.
- I lived in London for 8 months
- I read Nick Hornby since a friend of mine told me I would love it... I actually did, so I haven't stop reading him since then.
What CISV has done for me
Programmes
- Piraquara Village Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil 1997-98.
- Chimizapagua Village Fusagasuga, Colombia 1998.
- Caracol Latin Camp Mexico DF, Mexico 1999.
- National Camp Pacific Coast, Colombia 2000.
- Youth Meeting Londrina, Brazil 2001.
- Summer Camp Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2002.
- JC at Peace Rock's Village Youngstown, Ohio, USA 2003.
- Seminar Camp Bogota, Colombia 2004.
- External staff IYM Bogota, Colombia 2006
- External staff IYM Bogota, Colombia 2007
- IPP Gothemburg, Sweden 2008-09
- Almost International staff @ a village, Padova, Italy 2008 (damn visas! How I ended up going to a village for just 3 days?)
- Summer Camp Programme Director Bogota, Colombia 2009
Workshops
- ARMM 2005, ARMM 2006, ARMM 2007, ARMM 2008, ARMM 2009.
- IJBC 2005, IJBC 2006, IJBC 2007, IJBC 2008, IJBC 2009.
- AIM 2005, AIM 2006, AIM 2007, AIM 2008, AIM 2009.
- National JB Meeting 2004
- National JB Meeting 2005
- National JB Meeting 2006
- National JB Meeting 2007
- National JB Meeting 2008
- Guacamayas JB WS 2004.
- Seminar Camp staff training 2005
- MoCoCo 2008.
- EJBM 2008.
- International JB Weekend, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008.
- EJB WS on Project Management, Manchester, UK 2008.
- JB South WS 2009.
Coming Up
Positions
- JB Board member 2003-2005.
- NJR 2006-2008.
- Colombian Local Work Committee Chair 2004-2006.
- Colombian Mosaic Chair 2006-2008.
- Executive Board Member 2006 - 2009.
- ARM Team Member 2008 - 2009.
- International Mosaic Committee Member 2006-2009
- Member of the IJB Task Force "HIJB" (History of IJB)2005-2007
anything else?
TE QUIERO MI COLOMBIANITO!! Cris Salas
Well, I guess I will leave my self here...
If I know you, I am sure it is about time you send me a message and tell me how you are doing, if I don’t, maybe it is about time I do? This is my e-mail: j.oviedo@co.cisv.org, please use it!
