Activities

Talento Kultural

Talento Kultural is a program for children and youngsters who are interested in Bonairean culture. They are coached by various elderly people and professionals who work in the cultural sector.

The children receive music and singing lessons. Every child chooses a krioyo instrument or a dance and together they rehearse songs that match a cultural theme. The four annual themes are Simadan, San Juan i San Pedro, Musika Folkloriko and Pone Barí Ronka. As a conclusion to each theme, the children perform at Nos Zjilea. In this way the typical 'krioyo' way of playing Bonairean music is conveyed to our youth, which prevents it from being lost.

Besides learning to play a krioyo instrument or a typical Bonairean dance, the children also learn other skills, such as presenting themselves, working together and self-discipline. They feel proud of their achievements and this builds their self-esteem and self-confidence. By participating in this program, children have a chance to discover their talents and they are given the opportunity to put them to use during the program and the presentations.

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Nos Zjilea

Every last Saturday of the month, Mangazina di Rei organizes a cultural educational event called Nos Zjilea. At 'Nos Zjilea' local residents and tourists get together and enjoy Bonairean culture. Talento Kultural has the opportunity to perform at this event and to show the audience what they can do. They are often supported by well-known Bonairean bands, such as “Tutti Frutti”.

Teaching Orchestra

Recently Mangazina di Rei has entered into collaboration with Stichting Leerorkest (Teaching Orchestra Foundation) from the Netherlands. This unique project uses their well-known methodology to teach children to play an orchestral instrument in no time so that they can join their teachers in performing in a symphony orchestra. The first teaching orchestra has started at Kolegio San Luis Bertran in Rincon. For more information see website www.leerorkestbonaire.org

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Educational programs for schools

Mangazina di Rei offers educational programs for schools. During these programs we introduce school children to various cultural aspects. They receive a tour of our exhibition and they take a music workshop or bake their own “repa”. They are also asked to complete an assignment, which helps the experience they were offered to take root.

Schools perceive our educational programs to be well-organized, educational and child-oriented. Teachers feel that students’ participation is very good and that the programs are in line with their level of knowledge and with what the students are able to relate to.

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Talent Class

The talent class is a training and work experience program especially for teenagers. By carrying out various kinds of assignments in the cultural park they go on an interesting quest during which they discover where their talents lie and how they can further develop and deploy them. This gives the teenagers a better insight into their own capabilities and helps them to become more confident in making choices for a successful future. Because: usa bo talento ta hasi bo kontentu!(translated into English this means: using your talents will make you happy and content!)

This program is offered to after-school-care students in collaboration with the Bonaire Youth and Future Foundation.

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Apprenticeships

Mangazina di Rei offers pupils, students and disadvantaged groups the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in a business-like working environment. Guided by coaches, students find out how the Cultural Park Mangazina di Rei is run and what kind of skills and talents are required to do so. In order to discover their own talents and to develop the necessary competencies and work skills, they follow courses, they receive training and they practice undertaking various jobs in the cultural park.

Mangazina di Rei has a lot of experience with workplace training for various target groups.

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Kunuku Lifestyle Challenge

Mangazina di Rei has developed a teaching concept, which we have called “Kunuku Lifestyle Challenge”. “Kunuku Lifestyle Challenge” is a project for children and young people from 6 to 14 years old. Bonaire has a solid “kunuku” history, which means that in the past (50 to 100 years ago) many people grew their own fruit and vegetables and raised livestock on their own piece of land (kunuku). Unfortunately the current generation no longer does this very much. Mangazina di Rei wants to bring children closer to this “kunuku” history by means of this educational program. Currently we are unable to offer this program.

Internship opportunities

Mangazina di Rei is recognized as a training company by ROA CN (Labor Market Educational Council of the Caribbean Netherlands) and we offer internship opportunities to students in secondary (MBO) and higher vocational education (HBO) from Bonaire and the Netherlands. As a recognized training company, we coach students in a responsible manner during their practical internship and we help them to develop competences.

We offer various internships in positions and areas such as: tour guide, musical entertainer, educational employee, group worker, receptionist, hospitality sector, sales employee, event organization, marketing, public greenery and maintenance worker. In this way we are bringing in expertise and the students have a place to gain experience and practice what they have learned at school.

Internship Examples

• Writing a business plan – student Business Administration
• Developing educational material - student Cultural Social Education
• Developing teaching materials about heritage - student Heritage
• Creating a plan for a cultural event - student Event Organization
• Developing an App for the park - student Geo, Media and Design
• Design outdoor space at Mangazina di Rei - student Landscape Design
• Developing a module for new employee orientation - student Educational Sciences
• Developing tools for work place training - student Social Pedagogy
• Conduct research on the reasons for visiting the park - student Applied Mathematics

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Volunteers

We have various volunteers who help us with activities, promotion and teaching children and young people. We are in the process of designing an attractive volunteer policy with accompanying manuals and training courses.

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Seniors

Mangazina di Rei is always eager to work together with senior citizens who want to offer their knowledge and experience. These seniors like to share their knowledge about the past to help save their wealth of information from being lost. In addition, the information they share is very instructive for future generations since a lot of historical wisdom is based on a very respectful interaction with each other and with nature.

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