Our central american roadtrip

In July of 2016, Carlos López our LATAM director, went on a four country road trip telling our story all over central américa. Hired by Glasswing International and USAID his non profit The League of Smiles lead a youth forum for 600+ young people in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Carlos Lopez leading a youth forum in Mixco, Guatemala

On the first forum, in El Salvador, Carlos had the opportunity to meet with Maricela and Alexis from our magic club, and they got a change to perform in the forum in front of more than 200 of their peers.

We got a lot of coverage in local news.

Periódico El diario de hoy El Salvador

And even the US Embassy in El Salvador documented the event.

We are very glad to see how this kids can be in empowering positions through their study of magic.

The last part of Carlos’ journey was to Costa Rica, were he met with Diego Vargas our program coordinator in San José, where he met the kids of the magic club in Tirrases for the first time, you can see the videos and pictures here

Valeria a new magic student in Costa Rica

And to top it all off, Diego and Carlos got the chance to spread our message in ECHO a 72 hour wonderful experience in the jungles of Costa Rica along side 100 great individuals from 16 countries.

Diego and Carlos on Echo’s stage