Casco Viejo community
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo What a crazy Friday! here are the photos of Casco`s first Kids Carnival. It was organized by residents, businesses and a regional group called Cali 7 with members who traveled from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Do you remember playing sack race and running around with a spoon in your mouth balancing a lime? if you are Generation Next or before (sorry Millenials!!!) you do. While Carnival is known more as…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo During 2012, a group of Generation Peace Academy volunteers came to Casco Viejo to work with Casco`s neighborhood Association (AVACA) in an important awareness program about garbage disposal and direct street intervention. This year, they…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo Casco Antiguo Welcome to the year of the “wooden horse”! Year 4712 according to the Chinese calendar, and this particular symbol refers to optimism and joy. Today, Panama`s Chinese community starts celebrating today (and for the next…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Those who know me, know that recycling and garbage is one of my passions. Through Casco Viejo`s Neighborhood Association (AVACA) we collaborate fully with all the recycling initiatives, beach cleanings and general crazy stuff we…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo When I was little, my grandmother used to do a big nativity scene at the lobby of her house for Christmas. My brother, cousin and I participated putting it together, filling up the “town” with…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Photographer Ken Milburn always with camera in hand! he sent us this lovely collection of photos he did last week showing the joy of these festivities. To everyone out there who have always kept a…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Mother`s day at the American Trade Hall in Casco Viejo was awesome: music, kids running around getting their faces painted, mimosas in every hand, excellent food and desserts. The place looked like a war zone…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo AVACA, Casco Viejo`s neighborhood association has been for the last 3 years doing projects to attack the littering and garbage management in the neighborhood. This year, their flag program is recycling, which has proven to…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Just announced this week, a source of pride for everyone working/ supporting Fundacion Calicanto in Casco Viejo: their CAPTA program won the FT City Urban Ingenuity Awards for Latinamerica. What is CAPTA? in Spanish: Capacitación…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo This Sunday, December 8th is one of the big holiday celebrations of Latin America: Mother`s day. How to celebrate with something different? well, Casco Viejo might be your place to be! American Trade Hotel will…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Last night we went to a beautiful silent auction: art pieces made by children from Fundación Calicanto`s dance program called Enlaces. The pieces were made by the children while dancing: canvases stretched on the floor…
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