Maru Ayam
About Maru
Name: Mariana Ayam
Age: 23
Home is where the heart is: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Living la vida loca in: Madrid, Spain
What keeps me busy: Sociology student at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
CISV involvement: Incoming chair of the RDT committee.
E-mail: maru.ayam@ar.cisv.org
Twitter: iammaru
Read my thoughts here: Etch-A-Sketch
Hello, hello!
Welcome to my corner of JBPedia! My name is Maru and I'm now a proud member of the ex-IJR club. Junior Branch has been my biggest love in CISV and I suspect it will continue to be so for a very long time! Below you can find some pictures of two of my last adventures with some lovely volunteers of this organisation: the ones in the first row are all from JASPARC 2010 in Vietnam, and the ones in the second row are from TTT in magical Mundekulla, Sweden. And below that, you can find a summary of what I did during these eight years of JB involvement.
Even though I'm now officially retired from JB (!), I remain more than open to chatting with you and helping out in anything where I might be useful. Please don't hesitate to contact me!
Hasta siempre,
Maru
I love Taichi and I love elephants!
The paparazzi just won't stop following me...
No one can love mango smoothies more than us.
Having a blast with my Danish friends. Feeling of Joy!
You know what they say in Sweden... moustachos gracias!
Sweden was rainy.
TTT class of 2010!
CISV Involvement
CISV roles and challenges:
- 2003 - 2006 JB Board in JB Argentina
- 2006 - 2008 NJR
- 2007 - 2008 ARM Team Member
- 2007 - 2008 IJB Committee Member in Connect and Quality Lab
- 2008 - 2010 IJR
- 2011 - 2012 RDT Incoming/Alternate Chair
- 2012 - ... RDT Chair
Stuff I did that might sound familiar...
- creator of JBPedia
- organised online JB Library (over 4500 documents)
- IJB Thinks 2008-2009 Editor
- designed Global Training Strategy
- designed self- evaluation tool called Equalizer
- facilitated over 15 trainings in all regions of CISV International
Great trainings and meetings!
- 2003 Chicho's WS – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (participant)
- 2004 Chicho's Reloaded – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (participant)
- 2006 ARC - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (participant)
- 2007 ARMM, IJBC and AIM – Chinauta/Paipa, COLOMBIA (participant)
- 2008 JB South WS, Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA (trainer)
- 2008 EJBM – Lisbon, PORTUGAL (participant)
- 2008 ARMM, IJBC and AIM – Florence, ITALY (trainer)
- 2008 First NJBM ever held in Argentina – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (trainer)
- 2008 JB Galicia Weekend – Galicia, SPAIN (trainer)
- 2008 Iberico weekend – Madrid, SPAIN (trainer)
- 2009 IJR Mid Way Meeting with my partner in crime, Kelly Bowden – Ottawa, CANADA
- 2009 International JB Workshop – Amman, JORDAN (trainer)
- 2009 JASPARC – Bangkok, THAILAND (trainer)
- 2009 ETG – Madrid, SPAIN (participant)
- 2009 ARMM, IJBC and AIM – Antigua, GUATEMALA (trainer)
- 2009 IJR Mid Way Meeting with my new partner in crime, Rowan El Shimi – Madrid, SPAIN
- 2010 Education Writeshop – Newcastle upon Tyne, GREAT BRITAIN (participant)
- 2010 RTF in Vietnam: JASPARC – Hanoi, VIETNAM (trainer)
- 2010 RTF in Sweden: TTT – Mundekulla, SWEDEN (participant)
- 2010 ARMM, IJBC and AIM – Berlin, GERMANY (trainer)
- 2010 Organisational Development Department Writeshop – Newcastle upon Tyne, GREAT BRITAIN (participant)
- 2011 RTF in Austria: Chapter Development Training – Graz, AUSTRIA (trainer)
Coming up: 2012 AIM – Paris, FRANCE (incoming committee chair)
CISV programmes:
- 1999 Village Utopia - Umeå, SWEDEN (delegate)
- 2002 Seeds of Diversity Summer Camp - Victoria, CANADA (delegate)
- 2004 Abaetetuba Village - São José dos Campos, BRAZIL (JC)
- 2005 Seminar Camp - Nykøbing Falster, DENMARK (participant)
- 2006 In Your Shoes Village - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (junior staff)
