Draft Programme – Summer Solidarity Brigade to Cuba 7-23 July 2014 (44th José Martí Brigade from Europe) Programme subject to change.
Friday 4th – Sunday 6th July- Arrival of Brigadistas in Havana and transfer to the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp (CIJAM)Optional excursions.
Monday, 7th July
07.00Breakfast
09.30 Floral tribute at the monument of Julio Antonio Mella
10.00 Official welcome - General information for brigadistas 12.00 –13.30 Lunch
14.30 Talk about José Martí 17.30 Initial meeting with the representatives of each national delegation
18.00 Dinner 20.00 Cultural activity to welcome brigadistas
Tuesday, 8th July
05.45-6.45Wake up & breakfast
07.00-11.30 Voluntary work
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00 Conference about Cuba’s political system (guests, some Cuban MPs andprovincial delegates from ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with thePeoples)
17.00 Seminar about OSPAAAL (Organisation of Solidarity with the Peoples ofAsia, Africa and Latin America) - Videos about Che and the Five Cuban Heroes
20.00 Presentation on Cuban film
Wednesday, 9th July
05.45-6.45Wake up & breakfast
7.00 Voluntary work
12.00-13.30 Lunch
13.30 Depart for Havana
14.40 Visits in groups to ANSOC (Cuban Association for the Deaf), the Universityof the Third Age and the Cuban Association for the Disabled. - Free time in Havana
18.00 Return to CIJAM for dinner
20.00 Cultural event with local musicians and artists
Thursday, 10th July
05.45-6.45Wake up & breakfast
09.00-11.30 Voluntary work
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.30 Conference: ‘The United States and their policy towards Cuba. Perspectives and choices for the Obama administration.’
17.00 Recreational and sports activities
18.00-19.30 Dinner 20.30 Afro-Cuban Night at the camp
Friday, 11th July
05.45-06.45Wake up & breakfast
09.00-11.30 Voluntary work
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.30 Departure for Havana
14.30 Lay a wreath at the monument to José Martí, Cuba’s National Hero, in theParque Central14.50 Visit to the Museum of the Revolution
16.30 Free time in Havana
19.00 Departure from the Museum of the Revolution to the Casa de la Amistad(Friendship House)
Dinner show at the Casa de la Amistad(calle Paseo y 17, Vedado, Havana)
22.30 Return to camp
Saturday, 12th July
07.00 Breakfast
08.30 The Run of Friendship – prizes Meeting and conversations with Cuba’ssporting heroes
12.00 Lunch at the camp
14.30 Visit to the Martyrs’ Museum in Artemisa (families and survivors invited) - Floral tribute and a visit to the museum
16.00 Return to camp
17.00 Recreational and sports activities
18.00-19.30 Dinner
20.00 Cuba Night at the camp
Sunday, 13th July
07.00Breakfast
08.00 Departure for Tarará Beach at the ‘Playas del Este’
16.00 Leave beach to return to camp
18.00 Dinner Free evening
Monday, 14th July
05.45-06.45 Wake up & breakfast
07.00-11.30 Voluntary work
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00Conference about recent changes to the Cuban economic model
17.30 Information meeting about the trip to Sancti Spíritus - Brigade evaluation meeting
18.00 Dinner
20.00 Collective Birthday Party – the Bonfire of Friendship
Tuesday, 15th July
05.45-06.45 Wake up & breakfast
07.00-11.30 Voluntary work
11.30 Summary and evaluation of voluntary work
12.00-13.30 Lunch
14.00 Meeting with representatives of social and grass-roots organisations including Young Communists (UJC), The Federation of University Students(FEU), The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), The Cuban equivalent of the Trades Union Congress (CTC), The Committees for the Defence of theRevolution (CDR) and the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP)
17.00 Recreational and sports activities
18.00 Dinner 20.00 Workshop: Solidarity with the Five Heroes
Wednesday, 16th July
05.45-06.45Wake up & breakfast 07.00 Depart for Sancti Spíritus, stopping en route in Villa Clara
11.30 Visit to the Che Memoria in Santa Clara and the ‘Tren Blindado’ (a famousmonumentcommemorating the ambush by revolutionaries of a traincontaining troops and weapons sent by Batista to capture the city)
12.30-13.00 Lunch in Santa Clara
14.00 Departure for Sancti Spíritus
16.30 Reception at the Monument of the Martyrs
17.30 Check into the hotel - Free time. 20.30 Welcome activity at the hotel
Thursday, 17th July
07.00Breakfast
08.00 Departure for the area of Yaguajay
09.00 Visit to the ‘Camilo Cienfuegos’ National Museum
10.00 Visit to the Genera Hospital of Yaguajay, formerly a barracks under the Batista dictatorship. 12.00 Lunch in the San José del Lago Hotel - Free afternoon. 17.00 Return to Sancti Spíritus
19.00 Dinner - Free evening.
Friday, 18th July
07.00 Breakfast
08.00 Departure for the Command HQ and Cemetery for the Martyrs of the 8thColumnin San Pedrero, in the Municipality of Fomento
09.30 Reception at the cemetery, floral tribute and a cultural/political activity
10.00 Meeting with veterans of the Cuban Revolutionary struggle relating to the historicalevents that took place in the area
11.00 Visit to the Obelisk commemorating the Pact of El Pedrero
12.00 Lunch at the Young Pioneers’ camp
15.00 Return to hotel
19.00 Dinner
20.30 Meet with people from the area at a CDR (Neighbourhood Committee)meeting
Saturday, 19th July
07.00 Breakfast
08.00 Leave for Trinidad
09.00 Reception and trip round the centre of this historic town in small groups
11.00 Depart for the Ancón Peninsula; swimming and lunch on the beach
18.00 Return to Sancti Spíritus
19.00 Dinner in the hotel
20.00 Farewell event at the hotel
Sunday, 20th July
07.00Breakfast
08.00 Check out
09.00 Leave for camp
18.00 Dinner . Free evening – Cuban films and documentaries will be shown
Monday, 21st July
07.00 Breakfast
10.00 Meeting with family members of the Cuban Five - Declaration in Support ofthe Five 12.30 Lunch - Free afternoon to organise the European Night 18.00 Dinner
20.00 European Night
Tuesday 22nd July
09.00 Breakfast
10.30 Official farewell activity - Final reading of the Declaration in Support of the Five 13.00 Lunch
15.00 Final evaluation meetings
16.30 Meeting with the Coordinating Committee and with the brigade organisers
19.00 Dinner
21.00 Farewell activity
Wednesday, 23rd July
09.00Breakfast
10.00Transferto Havana for those brigadistas who will be staying in Cuba
Afternoon and evening: - transfers to airport for those leaving
NOTE: This programme is subject to change.
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