World Space Week 2003 Report

Members of Voz Infantil-Hola Juventud (WYESR Colombia) organized the following activities to celebrate World Space Week (WSW) 2003.

Presentation of the WSW Project and WSW-03 Agenda: The purpose of this activity was to explain to teachers, parents, students and organizations interested in the topic of space, the objective of the WSW Project. It was also an opportunity to present the WSW-03 Agenda in Barranquilla and Colombia. This activity was organized with the support of the Public Library in the Atlantico and was held in September.

On 4 October young members of Voz Infantil-Hola Juventud (WYESR Colombia) broadcast through La Voz de la Costa Radio Station 1190 Khz AM a two-hour special program "Space: Horizon beyond Earth", which was dedicated to the central theme of WSW 2003. This activity offered children and young people from the North Coast of Colombia the chance to know the experiences of engineers involved in space. Besides this special radio program, these young journalists also promoted the WSW-03 celebration through Radio Reloj de Caracol Barranquilla, where they had a segment called Refrigerio, in the morning News Como amanece Barranquilla. They made the audience reflect on a different topic related to space technology everyday.

On 5 October Voz Infantil-Hola Juventud and Wyesr Colombia invited journalists to promote through mass media, the relevance of the space career to the betterment of humankind life.

With a lecture on 6 October at the Centro Cultural Comfamiliar del Atlantico and a special activity for 20 children on 8 October, the Colombian Air Force joined the WSW-03 Celebration. These 20 children met with Air Force professionals and learnt about their lives, experiences, training base and place of work.

A group of 25 primary students participated in a workshop offered by Guillermo Lagares –Enviromental Education Comision of UNILEVER in Colombia. This activity, which was designed to make kids aware of their role in the preservation of our planet, took place in the Centro Cultural Comfamiliar del Atlantico on 7 October.

On 10 October Naval Force ARC Barranquilla acquainted 20 children with Colombian marines' life in "Little Marines for One Day". They also gave a lecture about the ozone layer during the closing ceremony.

Organizations that joined World Space Week 2003 Celebration in Colombia:

• Voz Infantil-Hola Juventud (WYESR Colombia)
• Unidad Porteña de Aprendizaje –UPA-
• Grupo de Estudio Antares
• Centro Cultural Comfamiliar del Atlántico
• Biblioteca departamental "Meira Delmar"
• Planetario Distrital de Barranquilla
• Escuela Naval de Suboficiales ARC Barranquilla
• Comando Aéreo CACOOM3
• Comisión de Educación Ambiental de UNILEVER
• Comisión Aeronáutica de la Asociación de Astrónomos Autodidactas de Colombia
• Emisora La Voz De La Costa
• Noticiero "Cómo Amanece Barranquilla" de Radio Reloj de Caracol
• Programa Radial "Hablan Las Mujeres" por Radio Mar Caribe Internacional
• Colegio Colón
• Instituto Técnico Nacional de Comercio (INSTENACO).

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