The document provides an update on the "Manera mi bos, no tin dos" 2014-2015 (MMBNTD) community empowerment program run by JCI United Citizens of Curaçao. It summarizes recent activities including a beach social event, workshops on the Papiamentu language and the UN's Millennium Development Goals to prepare youth participants for debates. It also discusses international exposure opportunities in Atlanta and a visit from the JCI President where two youth participants spoke about the impact of the program. The newsletter encourages support for the upcoming semi-final and final debates in March.

1. By means of this newsletter we as the commission in
charge, would like to keep you informed of the latest
advances in “Manera mi bos, no tin dos” 2014-2015
(MMBNTD). This way we would like to express our
appreciation and acknowledgement for your contribution
to JCI United Citizens of Curaçao’s main ongoing
community empowerment program. Without your
involvement, MMBNTD wouldn’t have made it this far
and the participating youngsters wouldn’t have
accomplished this much. In the end, everything we are
doing is purely to empower, educate, and develop our
future leaders as stated in our vision and mission.
Vision
To empower our youngsters to become more expressive
and formulate their own opinion based on facts,
knowledge, and good argumentation.
Mission
To provide our youngsters with debating skills, build up
awareness about being more expressive and to induce the
entire society to support this cause.
Commissioners of “Manera mi bos, no tin dos” 2014-2015
Highlights
On January 11th
, 2015 MANERA MI BOS NO TIN DOS
started off the year with a social activity toost its
participants who already made it this far... (Read more on
page 2)
2015 has barely began and yet we have had two golden
opportunity to present this project on the international
level. During the Leadership Training University as well
as through the visit of our 2015 JCI President. (More
details on page 4)
On the 27th
of January 2015 after a tremendous exhibitions
given by the participants, two parliamentarian showed
their feedback and support towards this project.
(Please continue reading on page 3)
Content
Social Activity Page 2
Workshop Papiamentu Page 2
MDG’s Workshop Page 3
International Exposure Page 3
Newsletter – February 2015
2nd Edition
MDG’s of UNPapiamentuSocial Activity
Monthly Newsletter

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SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Beach Day at Playa Lagun
Manera mi bos no tin dos participants started off the year
within a different setup. The committee organized a social
event for these youngsters as a form of motivation by
means of a teambuilding tradition. The aim of this activity
was mainly to guarantee their participation and
commitment during this long-term trajectory. As members
of this committee we believed this was very important and
needed.
On Sunday, January 11th
, 2015, 13 of the 26 participants
were dropped off by their parents at Biblioteka Nashonal
Kòrsou. Together in one bus we drove to Playa Lagun,
where the beach day officially took place. During the day
we had different games planned such as, volleyball,
dodgeball, war of water balloon, and more. We had a
pleasant time with these youngsters while bonding during
the teambuilding sessions and enjoying a delicious BBQ.
At the end of the day every single one of them was
extremely happy and they begged us to please do one more
after the project was completed.
WORKSHOP PAPIAMENTU
By Ms. Charlene Merite
On the 19th
and 20th
of January 2015, these youngsters
were powered up and very enthusiastic to continue with
the following workshops and trainings. The next one was
regarding our native language Papiamentu, which will be
the official language during the debating competition. To
guarantee proper use of the dialect it was essential to seek
involvement of an expert in this area. Therefore we asked
a prominent teacher of Maria Immaculata Lyceum
namely, Ms. Charlene Merite to execute the workshops
effectively. The workshops of Papiamentu consisted of
one session. The group of 26 were divided in two groups
of 13 participants. The objective of the workshop was to
tackle the most common erroneous practice of Papiamentu
by educating the participants with the correct form of
usage. Even though one session is not enough to teach a
person how to speak the idiom correctly, the two-hour
session surely was enough to create an impact and
awareness to everyone to take good notice of the daily
errors committed and try to correct them.
During the workshops of Papiamentu.

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MDG’s WORKSHOP
By Mr. Errol Cova & dr. Moses
The debating statements will be made based on the eight
Millennium Development Goals set by the United
Nations. Henceforth it is essential to go through the
MDG’s with the participants to assure a sophisticated
discussion process. Fundashon KPEK is an organization
that stands for quality in the sector of education therefore
sees the importance for a human being to educate oneself
constantly in order to possess general know-how of the
latest developments and their history on a local and global
level. Only by knowing what’s truly happening around
you one can relate and give a real contribution to their
respective community. The workshops were given by Mr.
Errol Cova and Dr. Marilyn C. Moses whom discussed all
of the eight MDG’s. This way they did not only broaden
the youngster’s knowledge but they have also started
preparing them to debate based on good argumentation
and facts against each other. The 26 participants were put
into groups. Each group was given a specific MDG to
present. On this evening we had the support of two
parliamentarians namely Dr. Marilyn C. Moses and Mr.
Hensley F. Koeiman. Both of them gave feedback to the
well-presented presentations and challenged the groups to
fine-tune their expositions to present them to the
Parliamentary. This was an unexpected action taken yet a
special turn that was truly appreciated. The main goal of
this two-day lecture was to provide information and have
the participants study the eight MDG’s to enhance their
background knowledge so they can be prepare to debate
during the competition.
“Learn and Lead…”
JCI UC 2015 motto
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
Leadership Training University (LTU)
On January 31st
, 2015, we as JCI United Citizens of
Curaçao had the great opportunity to refer our 2015
President Silvetty de la Paz abroad to experience the
annual Leadership Training University this time in
Atlanta, GA. While partaking in the trainings she had the
chance to present our project MANERA MI BOS NO TIN
DOS. She showcased the details about the project in front
of many other leaders who traveled from around the world
just to be present on that day. It was a useful and
meaningful moment to interact with other fellow JCI
members to obtain valuable ideas we can add to the project
for improvement.

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During the past weekend of Sunday February 08th
, 2015
JCI Dutch Caribbean warmly welcomed our 2015 JCI
President Ismail Haznedar, born in Istanbul. During his
visit we were honored to present MANERA MI BOS NO
TIN DOS. For this presentation we invited two
participants of MMBNTD to share with the public
basically three important aspects:
 Why they decide to participate;
 How are they experiencing this opportunity;
 And what are the added values of this project in
their personal and professional career.
In the auditorium of our National Library of Curaçao did
participants, Nerija Montroos and Ketia Bissareth
managed to melt the hearts of the audience with their
tremendous speech. The way these two presented and
shared on this afternoon their thoughts left many of those
who were present shocked and speechless and shedding
tears of joy. As for the committee it was quite a privilege
to have undergone the standing ovation given to them. At
the end of the project showcase these ladies met with our
JCI President Ismail Haznedar and took a nice photo with
him. In addition they were also introduced to our chapter
(JCI UC) 2015 President Silvetty de la Paz who grab the
opportunity with both hands to invite these two young
ladies to assist our meetings in the nearly future.
Finally we are about to reach the final phase of
MMBNTD therefore we want to encourage you to save the
dates of 14th
and 21st
of March where we will have the
semi-final and final. It is going to be two fascinating and
thoughtful days, make sure you are part of the experience.
If you have any remarks or questions please do not hesitate
to contact us: maneramibosnotindos@gmail.com.
https://www.facebook.com/maneramibosnotindos
@Maneramibosnotindos
Visit JCI President
From left to right: Project Director Vanja Wanga, Ketia Bissareth, JCI President Ismail Haznedar, Nerija Montroos, JCI UC President Silvetty de
la Paz, JCI Dutch Caribbean President Maharo Isenia