text: Nicaraguan Children Draw Together in Fair to Try to Save Animals in Danger of Extinction
  Children preparing for the Animal Fair
  The children in Mataglapa are drawing their favorite animals. Sadly these animals are all in danger of extinction. But they are doing these drawing with a lot of hope. The more we draw attention to these animals the more we will be able to come up with some solutions to stop their extinction. The drawings are part of our contest in the Fair about Animals in Danger of Extinction. We have a little less than a month before we have the fair on the 8th of Nov. in the Park of Stars.
  All areas of Special Families are going full force preparing for the fair, generating much special energy in pro of these animals that it is contagious and the schools in the city have caught on and so have all the speical moms both with their own draing contests
  --Artespecial will have artistic replicas of animals throughout the park, including monkeys, jaguars and sloths as well as birds, and turtles.
  --Yogurt has prepared special tops painted with animals so children and adults can collect a series of original faces of the different animals.
  ---Direction has a booth for people to write expressions of support for their animals and messages of hope for the natural environment this will be in the tree house with a message shoot down to the Master of Ceremonies who will read their messges to the crowd.
  --There will be speakers and presentations on the situation of animal protection across Nicaragua.
  --Special Education will present their children book " Pepe and the Animals in Danger of Extinction" Pepe a little boy in a wheel chair.
  --There will be face painting as animals in danger and also animal masks made by the artists,
  --Other organizations in Matagalpa who work with environmental projects will have the opportunity to have a booth and to present information about their work.
  --The Women's Collective will be presenting a theater presentation on the environment
  --The government's tourism dept. will present different information about the dangers animals face and what can be done about it.
  - All the drawings entered in the contests will be displayed and the awards will be presented during the fair. Each school that participates will also receive recognition, as many businesses have donated the prizes and awards for both the children and the mothers contests.
  -The university and several schools will perform typical dances, as well as poetry, songs and readings.
  All of this and more in the natural setting of the accessible Park of Stars.
  We are hoping that this fair will help inform people, bringing about awareness and action about the situation of the animals in danger of extinction. We hope to provide alternatives so that people can continue their commitment and find creative ways to change this sad situation.
  We are counting on your support to help us meet the costs of this fair so that we can make a difference together, thank you. Please join us in this struggle to keep all of our animals from becoming extinct.