Brussels Names JWI Its Charity of Choice Justworld Rider

Volume 1, Issue 6, September/October, 2004 Newsletter JustWorld Rider Representative Eric Lamaze Scores Pair of Grand Prix Wins anadian JustWorld Rider Representative Eric Tempete v/h Lindehof, an eight-year-old black Belgian CLamaze scored two major Grand Prix victories at Warmblood gelding, was considerably slower than his the CSI-W Tournament of Champions held September stable mate to place second. 23-26 in Palgrave, Canada. Lamaze, 36, became a Just World Rider Representative Lamaze won Friday’sFriday’s $50,000 WorldWorld Cup Qualifi erer this past winter in Wellington,Wellington, FL, choosing to event and returned to the winner’swinner’s circle on make a signifi cantcant annualannual donation donation to to the the ‘Grand Prix Sunday’ after winning the non-profi tt organization.organization. $50,000 Canada Cup. The victories were earned on two differentdifferent horses, “I believe that JustWorldJustWorld International both new acquisitions for Lamaze. is a good cause,” noted Lamaze, who rode Newman’sNewman’s former mount, In Friday’sFriday’s WorldWorld Cup Qualifi erer,, Kahlua, to a team bronze medal at Lamaze and 27 other challengers the 1999 Pan American Games. faced off over the technical track “I liked their idea for a fundraising set by Olympic course designer event in Wellington,Wellington, hosting a Leopoldo Palacios of Venezuela training show in January.”January.” who, coincidentally, is a member of the ‘Jump for a Just World’ Eric Lamaze and Laurain Z won the $50,000 World Advisory Board. As one of fi veve Cup Qualifi er at the CSI-W Tournament of Champions riders to advance to the jump-off,jump-off, in Palgrave, Canada. Photo by Cealy Tetley Lamaze then put in a second clear round to narrowly edge eight-time When Newman gave up her own Olympian Ian Millar for the victory.victory. riding career in order to dedicate her Lamaze was riding Ashland Stables life to humanitarian work, she gave her Inc.’sInc.’s Laurain Z, a nine-year-old Belgian string of grand prix horses to Lamaze. WarmbloodWarmblood mare. The win also gave Lamaze a substantial lead in the Canadian World Cup League, “Earlier this year, I asked Eric to join the team of putting him on track for an invitation to the 2005 World JustWorld riders,” recalled Newman. “He is a very Cup Final to be held in Las Vegas. generous person with a big heart, and when the chips are down, I know I can always count on him. I admire In Sunday’s $50,000 him for how far he has come, having started out with Canada Cup, the current nothing and building one of the most successful horse Canadian Show Jumping businesses in North America. His drive, enthusiasm, Champion pulled a one- and charisma make him a great role model and two punch, winning the inspiration for the underprivileged youth JustWorld event and also fi nishing International works with, demonstrating that with desire second by recording and motivation you can conquer any obstacle.” the only two double- clear performances of Lamaze joins an ever-growing list of the top names the afternoon. Lamaze in show jumping sport that have chosen to ‘Jump Brussels Names JWI scored victory aboard for a Just World’, helping the organization through its Charity of Choice Stacy Krembil’s grey various initiatives, including donating a portion of gelding, Pulque, while their prize money or giving clinics to benefi t JustWorld See Story Inside! International. 1 . JustWorld Organizes Leadership Training Seminar By Astrid Corvin-Brittin in Honduras had not been in Honduras very long before I saw the come up with a common vision to present to the rest of the wide-eyed stares of eight-year-olds, holding their younger volunteers. sibling tight to their hips, reaching up into my taxi trying to sell me bread. It also did not take long before I found In the second block, the volunteers mobilized their energies Imyself walking along dirt roads littered with garbage, visiting by taking into account the realities and needs of a project. houses with tin roofs and no running water. I was raised in They were shown how to concentrate on analysis, reaction, a house with a steady supply of food, and there was never and interpretation of a situation through recognizing their any suggestion that I would have to work to support myself assets, talents and integrity. Again, the individual was or sacrifi ce my schooling. In Honduras, a lucky child will integrated with the group as visions were exchanged and make it through sixth grade. In the face of their reality, how presented. In the third block, the volunteers learned how was I going to help make that difference? My question was to transform diffi culties through role-playing. They were answered when I met the Honduran volunteers. given scenarios and asked to react in the form of a skit. This exercise was valuable to both the JustWorld team as These volunteers were Honduran University students, the mediators and to the Honduran volunteers. These scenarios fortunate lot of Honduran children. Not all of them came were real ones that my team had faced and dealt with while from wealthy backgrounds, but they were all excited to volunteering. The reactions the volunteers had were quite help, coming to meetings and listening to the philosophy of different from ours and taught us new techniques. They JustWorld. In turn, they shared with us the problems they showed us how Hondurans would respond and negotiate. saw within their country and how they wanted to help. As I We all shared our reactions, saw different aspects of culture got to know the Honduran volunteers, I discovered that they at work, and explored cultural diffi culties. were not ‘all talk and no action’; they actually did care and wanted to help. The fi nal block of our two-day workshop focused on the commitment of the A leadership training seminar held by volunteers. Each volunteer wrote down JustWorld was the fi rst sign that the his or her objectives and plan of action efforts to gather and place volunteers before sharing with the group. Weeks would actually see fruition. It is easy later, the volunteers would see their to doubt the commitment of people who plans put into action. will not receive any material incentive, but the participation of the Honduran Contact was made with two children’s volunteers would have shocked any centers in Tegucigalpa, IHNFA and cynic. The volunteers showed up in Compartir. Though these two centers numbers beyond our expectations. offer different types of volunteer options, Astrid Corvin-Brittin at IHNFA Over the course of two evenings, this spending time with some of the local the children they have the same impact of helping workshop brought in a professional underprivileged children. An earlier consultant to help guide the Honduran volunteers in ways study of each center by JustWorld had determined where they had never before experienced. The volunteers explored help was needed, and the results were distributed to the group work, problem identifi cation and problem solving, and volunteers. A two-hour meeting allowed us to go over each walked away with a sense that they could actually contribute of the 19 volunteer options and explain the fundamentals of to their communities. each opportunity. At the end of the discussion, I was not met with groans of reluctance but with smiles of excitement. The workshop was broken down into four different blocks. On the fi rst day, the volunteers established a common vision Going around the room, I listened as each of the volunteers and learned how to mobilize their energy. On the second talked about their hopes for volunteering, using much of day, the volunteers engaged in role-playing and made a plan the knowledge we had developed during the leadership for their personal commitment. In establishing a common training to explain their plan of action. One volunteer, vision, the volunteers came up with a project refl ecting the Gabriel Santos, comes to mind. Gabriel came early to ambitions they had for the improvement of their community. the meeting and showed me his plan of action. Hoping to With this goal in mind, they listed the resources they had to volunteer at IHNFA, he had written two pages pinpointing make their vision a reality. The resources they discovered his goals, the resources he would use to reach those goals, were their qualities and values, what they could give and the perceived obstacles to the success of his project. and receive, as well as their internal and external fears. It was heartwarming not only to see that Gabriel had taken After having individually focused on these resources, the training seriously but that he was a 22-year-old college the volunteers met in groups to share their thoughts and student genuinely enthused at the idea of working with street . 2 3 . Brussels Horse Show Leadership Trianing Seminar Continued from page 2 Names JustWorld its children. During the group discussion of volunteer options, Charity of Choice he became the leader of a group of four other volunteers . who wanted to help him. They had plans to work with the ustWorld International has been named the babies and the adolescent teen girls, giving them all the help charity of choice by the CSI***** Brussels that they could. JHorse Show. Held November 11-14 in the Belgian city, the Brussels Horse Show is one of Jaqueline Murillo was another the most popular and prestigious indoor horse determined student, eager to begin shows in Europe. Host of the Audi Equestrian volunteering. She already had plans for a project and had even conducted Masters, it combines world-class showing some research to gauge its feasibility.

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