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Campamento Diabetes Safari provides children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus, type 1, with a setting that is safe, supervised, and designed to offer them support, education, and recreation. The Campamento provides an educational and recreational experience in which Campers can express themselves, learn to interact cooperatively and collaboratively with others, and function as members of a group and as trained and educated members of the health care team responsible for their own health. Young people do not always have opportunities to spend time together with others who also have diabetes. At Campamento Diabetes Safari, the presence of other Campers and adult health care professionals who also have diabetes mellitus ensures that the Campers will be able to learn to understand and manage the challenges and dilemmas that they share as persons with diabetes. In this way, the Campers increase their practical kowledge about the self-management of diabetes, while the natural beauty of the setting contributes to their intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual growth and maturity.
In this process, the Staff offers leadership, experience, and trained supervision, directing its efforts toward the overall goal of Campamento Diabetes Safari, which is to offer 4 days of safety, education, and recreation to children and adolescents with diabetes. All of the Staff’s efforts are directed toward this objective. Campamento Diabetes Safari utilizes the resources of the natural surroundings to contribute to mental, physical, social, and spiritual growth under the supervision of trained and experienced leadership.
Additional objectives are to permit the children and adolescents with diabetes:
In many social situations, young people with diabetes are in the minority, often giving rise to the experience of isolation or separateness. In contrast, at Campamento Diabetes Safari, they share together with other persons the daily challenges and triumphs of diabetes care. Campers have a chance to meet and learn from adults with diabetes who are health care professionals and who have learned to handle situations similar to their own. These health care professionals share with the Campers methods for dealing with the challenges and obstacles that diabetes presents. The overall experience is one of camaraderie and solidarity, rather than of solitude and difference.
Formal and informal educational opportunities extend throughout all the activities offered at Campamento Diabetes Safari. The group context stimulates the dynamic process of shared learning about practical behaviors that are immediately and personally relevant. The Staff assists the Campers in maintaining optimal control of glucose levels and in developing the maturity and autonomy needed to understand and to self-manage the condition in a responsible way. The benefits of the Campers' personal experience, their dialogue with other persons with diabetes, and the educational and recreational programs are far-reaching and lasting. In the long run, they may help the Campers to minimize or avoid future problems with their health and the complications of chronic hyperglycemia.
During the Campamento, children and adolescents almost without exception learn something about diabetes that they did not know before. All members of Staff take an active role in providing diabetes education to the Campers, permitting them to learn through personal experience and supervised practice. The didactic effort is personalized and responds to new situations as they present themselves in the Campers' daily life. Diabetes education, individually and in small groups, is intermixed with social and recreational activities.
Aware that each person with diabetes is different, the Staff utilizes a variety of methods to convey timely knowledge and techniques suited to each child's chronological and mental age and abilities. The Campamento creates an environment in which the children and adolescents feel sufficient security, confidence, and supervision to learn and employ effective and perhaps just learned diabetes self-management procedures.
Diabetes education teaches the strategies that allow the person with diabetes to maintain blood sugar levels within safe ranges. Avoiding chronic hyperglycemia is the only known way to maintain a good quality of life and to postpone or avoid the possible long-term complications of chronic untreated hyperglycemia. In addition, the Campamento is an excellent forum for learning about and practicing new advances in the management and self-management of diabetes mellitus, type 1.
The anticipated educational topics are always adapted to the Campers' interests, ages, and needs for continuing education. Themes are varied and may include:
Children and adolescents with diabetes are not likely to return home after only 4 days of Campamento Diabetes Safari totally capable of caring for themselves. They require time to gain full mastery of the self-management of the condition, which they learn at the appropriate age and with an individual rhythm that suits them.
The Staff includes a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals (Certified Diabetes Educators, licensed dietitians, psychologist, physician), who are trained in the care of young people with diabetes. They provide medical and dietary supervision, as well as attention to the psychological adaptation necessary for optimal treatment of diabetes. The health care team also oversees the self-management of the Campers’ blood glucose levels, utilizing the cornerstones of diabetes treatment: education, insulin, nutrition, and physical activity. The multidisciplinary team is present, attentive, and available 24 hours a day during the Campamento.
Under trained supervision, Campers check their blood sugar levels between 4 and 7 times a day, according to their own perception of what is prudent and necessary. The medical team provides counseling and training in how to adjust insulin dose(s) according to foods eaten, the intensity of recent or planned physical activity, current levels of blood glucose, and the presence of intercurrent illness. Campers learn to rotate the sites of their insulin injections. The onsite health care team teaches Campers how to recognize and treat the symptoms of hypoglycemia.
The medical team provides first aid for minor accidents and conditions; a physician is available 24 hours a day for medical emergencies.
Menus are designed by a professional dietitian and are prepared with care for the nutritional and energy needs of young persons with diabetes in a camp setting. The professional dietitian guides the Campers in the selection of foods throughout the day, during meals and at snack times (if snacks are necessary). The recreational activities, chosen and carried out according to an appropriate time of day, are organized and supervised with the help of two monitors, who are competent and knowledgeable in the self-management of diabetes in children and adolescents.
Due to increased physical activity during the Campamento, the health care team may to make small adjustments to a Camper's usual, at-home diabetes management routine. This could, for example, include increasing the number of carbohydrates in the meal plan or reducing the amount of injected insulin to compensate for increases in physical activity. These minor adjustments are typical of all diabetes camps. They safeguard the Camper’s ability to engage safely in traditional outdoor activities, and they are necessary to avoid glycemic emergencies.
Dr. Stan De Loach, Director of Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, a citizen of both México and the United States, has worked in México for more than 30 years. He is a Certified Diabetes Educator and clinical psychologist, with more than 36 years experience in the study, management, and treatment of diabetes mellitus, type 1. Currently, he lives and works in México, Distrito Federal. Contact: saludo@usa.net
Lic. Rosa Elena Yáñez, Associate Director of Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, is a registered dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator with more than 12 years of experience in the management and treatment of diabetes mellitus, type 1. She has worked as a monitor and Education Coordinator in the campamentos of the Mexican Federation of Diabetes; she works with the Spanish Fundación para la Diabetes. A citizen of México, she currently lives in Tarragona, Spain, where she is studying a postgraduate degree in nutrition and metabolism and publishes article about nutrition and/or diabetes in México and Spain. Contact: rosyanez@hotmail.com
Dr. Blanca Estela Cortés, Associate Director for Medicine for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, is a pediatrician who lives in Tepic, Nayarit, México, where she works in the inpatient and outpatient departments of both the ISSSTE Hospital and the IMSS Hospital. She has 19 years of experience in the management and treatment of diabetes mellitus, type 1, and has led the children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus, type 1, in the IMSS hospital's Diabetes Club. She is a citizen of México. Contact: greti2001@hotmail.com
Lic. Francisco Vargas, Activities Co-Coordinator and Monitor for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, has 6 years experience in the management, self-management, and treatment of diabetes mellitus, type 1. He has worked with the Salvadorean Association of Diabetics as a monitor and at Campamento Diabetes Safari as Activities Coordinator. He is a citizen of El Salvador; he works as a Legal Assistant for Durel y Asociados in San Salvador, where he currently resides. Contact: fravacos@hotmail.com
Lic. Ben Clements, Activities Co-Coordinator and Monitor for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, has 3.5 years of experiencia en the management, self-management, and treatment of diabetes mellitus, type 1. As Assistant Director for Camp Joslin, a component of the work of the Joslin Center for Diabetes, in Boston, Massachusetts, he has worked with children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, in the United States as well as in Brasil, Ecuador and México. He is a citizen of the United States and currently lives and works in the United States. Contact: benjamin.clements@joslin.harvard.edu
Gerardo Rodríguez, Chef for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007, is a Mexican citizen. Currently, he works for Mexicana Click airlines and resides in México City, México. Contact: sputnik_frio@hotmail.com
Disclosure: No member of the Staff has any significant financial interests or relationship to reveal or disclose with regard to Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007.
Staff members have experience and relevant qualifications and act as instructors or leaders in the programmed activities. With one member of Staff for every 2 or 3 Campers, each child or adolescent receives sufficient personal attention. Many of the staff (about 71%) also have type 1 diabetes and thus can serve the Campers as positive role models of responsibility in the management of diabetes, as well as advisors, caregivers, trainers, and coaches.
Staff works together with the Campers to guide the learning made possible by the educational and recreational activities offered. Taking into account the international character of the Campers, Campamento Diabetes Safari is bilingual. Two languages will be used: Spanish and English. The members of the Staff express themselves in one or the other of these languages, or in both. All members of staff speak either Spanish or English or both.
All the recreational and educational activities at Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 are designed to respond to the interests and needs of children and adolescents with diabetes. Educational activities, both organized and informal, are intermixed with recreational experiences. The educational activities are individualized and usually carried out in small groups of 2 to 4 persons. Sports and physical activities help to show the beneficial effect of exercise (physical activity) on the control of glucose metabolism. The activities are scheduled to accommodate the requirements and concerns of persons with diabetes. Traditional individual and group components of diabetes camps are interspersed with everyday activities such as the selection of sites for insulin injection. The level and intensity of activities are adapted to the age and previous experience of the participants.
The possible recreational options include: swimming, soccer, basketball, kickball, volley ball, relay races; arts and crafts, painting, flag-making, sculpting, mask-making, wrist bands, games with balloons, ecological activities, paper and plastic recycling; team formation, charades, memory tests, stories and tales, password games, debates, dialogues in confidence, group membership activities, games of challenge and skill; walks, hiking, exploring, Aztec archaeology, starwatching, learning the flora and fauna of the region; improvisation tournament, team shows, contest and talent night, bonfire...among other possibilites.
Typical
schedule and program (program details may vary)
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| 0800 – 1000 | Arrival at the Campamento; welcome and registration (outside main gate of the Centro Vacacional |
| . | Oaxtepec, by the 5 arches behind the bus station) |
| 0800 – 1000 | Enter the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec; meeting each other; breakfast if necessary; interaction with Staff; administrative details |
| 1015 – 1115 | Instruction in the use of the Optium XCEED blood glucose and ketone monitors; supervised monitoring of blood |
| . | glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level]; measurement of HbA1c; distribution of t-shirts; sunscreen; walk with |
| . | suitcases to the Hotel Zacatepec |
| 1130 – 1210 | Settling into the Hotel Zacatepec; morning plenary assembly [Staff introductions; Camp rules; fire drill and safety issues] |
| 1210 – 1225 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1225 – 1300 | Icebreaker; checking out the Centro Vacacional [collective walk or run] |
| 1300 – 1330 | Group educational activity: Today's menus [introduction to counting carbs and proteins and their relationship to |
| . | scheduled activities and insulin]; those who want to swim change into swim suits |
| 1345 – 1400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1400 – 1500 | Lunch; free time; learning about foods |
| 1500 – 1610 | Structured free time: sunscreen, swimming [pool 1]; other physical activity in the area near the pool for those not wishing to swim |
| 1610 – 1630 | Group educational activities |
| 1630 - 1645 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1700 – 1730 | Recreational physical activities |
| 1730 – 1800 | Group educational activities |
| 1800 – 1830 | Individual educational activities [nighttime monitoring of blood glucose or choice of other topics] |
| 1845 – 1900 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1900 – 2000 | Dinner; free time |
| 2000 – 2100 | Evening recreational activities; observation of stars, stories and tales |
| 2115 – 2145 | Evening plenary assembly |
| 2145 – 2200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level]; showers (those who wish); to bed |
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| . | The schedule and program can be modified according to individual interests and needs of the group members. |
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| 0130 – 0200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 0330 – 0400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose |
| . | level] for those with previous hypoglycemia at 0130 a.m. |
| 0700 – 0730 | Arise; supervised monitoring of blood glucose [preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose |
| . | above 150 mg/dL]; sunscreen; day's t-shirts given out |
| 0730 – 0745 | Preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose below 150 mg/dL |
| 0745 – 0830 | Breakfast; free time; learning about foods |
| 0830 – 0915 | Morning plenary assembly: Dreams and feelings; review of day's menus |
| 0915 – 1015 | High-energy group physical activity: River hike / creek peek |
| 1015 – 1030 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1045 – 1115 | Group educational activity: Insulins |
| 1115 – 1215 | Structured free time |
| 1230 – 1300 | Educational activity in small groups: Topics according to wishes and needs of Campers [parents? |
| . | school? brothers and sisters? parties?] |
| 1300 – 1330 | Rest or individual educational activity: Sharing ideas, experiences, feelings related to DM1 |
| 1345 – 1400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1400 – 1500 | Lunch; free time; learning about foods |
| 1515 – 1530 | Group educational activity: What to tell my friends who do not have DM1? |
| 1530 – 1645 | Structured supervised free time: sunscreen, swimming [pool 2] or other physical activity; shower |
| 1645 – 1700 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1700 – 1745 | Recreational physical activities |
| 1745 – 1800 | |
| 1800 – 1830 | Individual educational activities: What is diabetes? Living with diabetes or other topics chosen by the Campers |
| 1845 – 1900 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1900 – 2000 | Supper; free time |
| 2000 – 2030 | Evening plenary assembly |
| 2030 – 2145 | Nighttime recreational activity |
| 2145 – 2200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level]; |
| . | showers (those who wish); to bed |
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| . | The schedule and program can be modified according to individual interests and needs of the group members. |
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| 0130 – 0200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 0330 – 0400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose |
| . | level] for those with previous hypoglycemia at 0130 a.m. |
| 0700 – 0730 | Arise; supervised monitoring of blood glucose [preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose above |
| . | 150 mg/dL]; sunscreen; day's t-shirts given out |
| 0730 – 0745 | Preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose below 150 mg/dL |
| 0745 – 0830 | Breakfast; free time; learning about foods |
| 0830 – 0915 | Morning plenary assembly: Dreams and feelings; review of day's menus |
| 0915 – 1015 | Recreational physical activities in groups |
| 1015 – 1030 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1045 – 1115 | Group educational activity |
| 1115 – 1215 | Structured supervised free time: Drama or comedy |
| 1230 – 1300 | Educational activity in small groups: Topics according to wishes and needs of Campers [parents? school? |
| . | brothers and sisters? parties?] |
| 1300 – 1330 | Rest or individual educational activity: Sharing ideas, experiences, feelings related to DM1 |
| 1345 – 1400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1400 – 1500 | Lunch; free time; learning about foods |
| 1515 – 1530 | Group educational activity |
| 1530 – 1645 | Structured supervised free time: sunscreen, swimming [pool 3] or other physical activity; shower |
| 1645 – 1700 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1700 – 1745 | Recreational physical activities |
| 1745 – 1800 | Written thank-you's to individual and corporate donors and sponsors of Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 |
| 1800 – 1830 | Individual educational activities: What is diabetes? Living with diabetes or topics chosen by the Campers |
| 1845 – 1900 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1900 – 2000 | Supper; free time |
| 2000 – 2030 | Evening plenary assembly |
| 2030 – 2145 | Nighttime recreational activity: Bonfire [silent procession to hotel] |
| 2145 – 2200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level]; showers (those |
| . | who wish); to bed |
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| . | The schedule and program can be modified according to individual interests and needs of the group members. |
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| 0130 – 0200 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 0330 – 0400 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] for |
| . | those with previous hypoglycemia at 0130 a.m. |
| 0700 – 0730 | Arise; supervised monitoring of blood glucose [preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose above |
| . | 150 mg/dL]; sunscreen; day's t-shirts given out |
| 0730 – 0745 | Preprandial insulin for those with blood glucose below 150 mg/dL |
| 0745 – 0830 | Breakfast; free time; learning about foods; recognition of Staff, donors, and sponsors |
| 0830 – 0915 | Morning plenary assembly: Dreams and feelings |
| 0930 – 1030 | High-energy group physical activity |
| 1030 – 1045 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level]; sunscreen |
| 1045 – 1145 | Structured free time, group phsyical activity: Swimming [Olympic pool] or other physical activity nearby |
| 1145 – 1215 | Shower; change clothes; supervised monitoring of blood glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1215 – 1305 | Group and individual educational activity |
| 1305 – 1330 | Supervised monitoring of blood glucose; preprandial insulin |
| 1330 – 1430 | Lunch; free time |
| 1445 – 1530 | Structured free time; pack bags; take gear outside rooms; group photos |
| 1530 – 1545 | Walk with bags to Cabaña |
| 1545 – 1600 | Closing of Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007; questions and goodbyes; supervised monitoring of blood |
| . | glucose [insulin, snack – if indicated by individual glucose level] |
| 1600 – 1700 | Departure from Campamento; return journey home |
| 1700 | Formal end of Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 |
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| . | The schedule and program can be modified according to individual interests and needs of the group members. The time for the formal end of Camp is not subject to change. |
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The Hotel Zacatepec at the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec, Yautepec, Morelos, México, is the official hotel for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007. Small groups of 4 persons of the same gender share a large room that is clean and comfortable. The rooms for 4 persons have two sets of bunk beds or one set of bunk beds and two single beds. Each room has been recently renovated and decorated; in each room, services include electricity, telephone, television, refrigerator, sink with mirror, and private bath (with shower and toilet). Bath soap, toilet paper, large and small towels, sheets and pillowcases, pillows and blankets are supplied; supplies are refreshed daily.
Meal choices reflect healthy eating and a balanced food plan. Foods are offered because they contribute to the normalization of blood glucose levels. At mealtimes, the professional dietitian and other Staff members explain to the Campers how, when, and how much to eat...and the reasoning behind the recommendations. They assure an appropriate intake of food, relating it to the insulin injected, the current blood glucose level, and the amount of physical activity recently completed or foreseen in the following hours. Staff teaches the principles of sound nutrition, emphasizing foods that maintain healthy bodies and promote optimal blood glucose ranges.
Meals are served family style (in buffets). Three meals are offered each day. Snacks and complementary doses of insulin are provided, according to the individual Camper's current glycemic level. The snacks are offered in response to blood glucose levels and therefore are not provided according to rigidly defined numbers or schedules and may not have a fixed, predetermined caloric content.
Working in conjunction with the multidisciplinary health care team, the Staff dietitian prepares food plans as necessary and teaches Campers how to calculate nutritional and caloric values, as well as the number of grams of carbohydrate contained in the foods included in the food plan. A chef prepares the foods according to current rules for hygiene and healthy eating.
The Staff dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educators, working with the Director, design the menus in order to provide a balanced, varied diet that includes items from the different food groups and that is at the same time appealing to the Campers and Staff. The food is served at the scheduled time and in quantities sufficient for the needs of young persons with type 1 diabetes. Among the foods served are: soups, salads, Mexican dishes, vegetables, beans, eggs, meat, chicken, hamburger, milk, yoghurt, water, and non-caloric cold drinks.
The Staff dietitian instructs the participants in how to interpret and incorporate the information contained on food labels in their meal and snack planning and draws special attention to the food labels of items commonly consumed to treat hypoglycemia or low blood sugar (glucose tablets, yoghurt, meat and cheese, fruit, juice).
The menu planned for Campamento
Diabetes Safari 2007 is the following. Minor changes are possible.
The nutrition facts of the foods served are available on a separate page.
| Saturday |
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| 0800 – 1000 (breakfast) |
ham or turkey ham, Oaxaca cheese |
| 1200 – 1215 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1400 – 1500 (lunch) |
 home-style
lentil soup (Campbell's)
garden salad (lettuce, cucumber, carrot, avocado) salad dressing (lemon juice, garlic, olive oil) or other ground beef with vegetables (eggplant, zucchini, cabbage, spinach) Jalapeño slices / pickled carrots Jello Light, with shredded coconut and whipped cream Vitalínea Dannon light yoghurt drink, mixed flavors water or flavored sugarfree drinks Be-Light and Sunlight |
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| 1645 – 1700 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1900 – 2000 (dinner) |
chicken salad |
| 2145 – 2200 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
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| Sunday |
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| 0100 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0330 – 0400 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0730 - 0815 (breakfast) |
scrambled eggs |
| 1015 – 1030 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1400 – 1500 (lunch) |
homemade tomato soup |
| 1645 – 1700 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1900 – 2000 (dinner) |
smoked pork chops with melted cheese |
| 2145 – 2200 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
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| 0100 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0330 – 0400 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0730 – 0815 (breakfast) |
sausage and melted Oaxaca cheese |
| 1015 – 1030 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1400 – 1500 (lunch) |
vegetable soup (mushrooms, Swiss chard) |
| 1645 – 1700 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1900 – 2000 (dinner) |
green mole with pork |
| 2145 – 2200 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
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| 0100 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0330 – 0400 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 0730 – 0815 (breakfast) |
pork skins |
| 1015 – 1030 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
| 1330 – 1430 (lunch) |
 cream
of leek soup
tuna and smoked tuna salad ham or turkey ham and Oaxaca or Manchego cheese rolls lettuce, tomato, avocado Jalapeño slices / pickled carrots 2 chocolate Kisses water or flavored sugarfree drinks Be-Light and Sunlight (plus possible leftovers) |
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| 1600 |
Snack (see list), if indicated by individual glucose level |
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amaranth bars, with or without chocolate |
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avocado |
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cheeses: Oaxaca, Manchego or others |
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cooked or deviled egg |
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crunchy or creamy peanut butter |
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glucose tablets (solely to begin treatment of hypoglycemia documented in the Optium XCEED meter or by neuroglycopenic symptoms) |
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ham or turkey ham |
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mixed nuts: peanuts, cashews, pumpkin seed, toasted sunflower seeds |
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Vitalínea Dannon light yoghurt drink |
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Who may attend Campamento Diabetes Safari?
Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 is designed to offer opportunities for learning and recreation to any young person with type 1 diabetes mellitus, who is between 6 and 18 years of age (born between 12 May 1989 and 12 May 2001). Young persons of any nationality, race, gender, political belief, or religion are eligible to participate in the Campamento.
Children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus within the last 12 months, as well as children and adolescents who have never attended a diabetes camp, may gain orientation and learning during the experience and may find it to be especially useful.
Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 is a non-profit event. The total cost of registration and attendance at the Campamento is 2400 Mexican pesos. The cost for Camp registration is the same for all participants, from whatever country. One U. S. dollar is equivalent to approximately 10 Mexican pesos. The total cost in U. S. dollars is $240.
The total Campamento registration cost includes housing for 4 days and 3 nights, meals and snacks, supervised educational and recreational activities, attention of the professionals health care team, and all necessary materials (including syringes, lispro [Humalog] and glargine [Lantus] insulins, and test strips for the measurement of blood glucose).
The cost of bus transportation from the Taxqueña bus station in México, Distrito Federal, to the reception area for the Campamento at the entry to the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec, Yautepec, Morelos, is not included in the total cost of participation in the Campamento. Such transportation costs approximately $6.50 U. S. dollars (65 Mexican pesos) one way and $13 U. S. dollars (130 Mexican pesos) roundtrip.
Because of high standards of individualized care and education, the true cost per participant for the 4 days is almost double the cost of registration. The support and generosity of sponsors and donors make it possible to charge only $240 U. S. dollars (2400 Mexican pesos) for registration and participation. An individual, an organization, or an association, public or private, can sponsor the participation of one or more Campers who, without such support, would not be able to pay the registration fee.
Applications for membership in the Campamento will be processed in the order in which they are received. Registration closes when the maximum previously established number of Campers has been accepted. Without exception, all required registration forms must be received by the administration of the Campamento by 26 Abril 2007, at the latest. Likewise, full payment or payment of any outstanding balance of the cost must, without exception, be received prior to 26 Abril 2007. A minimum payment of 50% (1200 Mexican pesos or 120 U. S. dollars) of the total cost of the Campamento must, without exception, accompany application forms submitted before 26 April 2007.
All required registration forms are available on the internet here and may be printed, completed, signed, and then sent by mail or delivery service to the address included on the forms. A single copy of all the required registration forms is sufficient to process the registration.
Payments,
cancellations, and refunds
| Deposits | . | To reserve a place at the Campamento, a payment of one thousand, one hundred (1200) Mexican pesos or one hundred and twenty (120) U. S. dollars is required before 26 April 2007. Payment may be by cash, personal check, or deposit to the Banco HSBC account number given on the first page of the registration forms. This payment is not transferrable. |
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| Final payment | . | If the full payment of the remaining balance of the full cost ($2400 Mexican pesos or $240 U. S. dollars, per Camper) of the Campamento is not received before 26 April 2007, the Camper's reservation will be cancelled. |
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| Cancellations and Refunds. | . | In case
of cancellation before 3 April 2007,
any payment made will be returned, minus the nonrefundable amount of five
hundred (500) Mexican pesos or fifty (50) U. S. dollars, which are retained
to cover administrative costs, without exception.
In case of cancellation after 3 April 2007, no full or partial refund of the registration fee already paid will be issued, without exception. All legitimate requests for refund will be processed after 19 May 2007. If, once the Campamento has begun, the Camper cannot complete the Campamento for any reason whatsoever, no refund, either full or partial, will be made. If the emotional, psychological, or behavioral characteristics of the Camper are detrimental to the harmony and appropriate development of the Campamento or if they could be destructive to the Camper himself or herself or to other Campers, the Camper will be suspended, without any refund, full or partial, without exception. The Camper's parents (or their alternates) will be contacted and advised to pick up the Camper immediately. |
Clothing
and personal items to take
| Important
note:
The persons who use insulin should take with them to the Campamento
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Identification
of
clothing and other personal effects
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Recommended
items
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Optional
items
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to personal preferences and previous experience)
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Unnecessary
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prohibited items and products
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Directions to Campamento Diabetes Safari
The housing and other facilities used for Campamento Diabetes Safari are located at the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), located in Yautepec, Morelos, México. Yautepec is situated 4,462 feet (1,360 meters) above sea level, 47 miles (75 kilometers) from Mexico City. The Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec is found on the México-Cuautla highway, at Kilometer 27, in the town of Yautepec, in the State of Morelos, México.
The Centro Vacacional is a beautiful tourist complex, with a subtropical climate and abundant trees and flowers. Its small streams and expansive garden areas are the setting for the modern, recently renovated facilities, which include hotels, cabañas, swimming pools, wading pools, playing fields and courts, a geodesic dome, an Olympic stadium, medical services, and various small supermarkets and stores.
Two first-class bus lines (Estrella Roja and Cristóbal Colón Pullman de Morelos, telephone: + [52] [55] 5544 9008) offer daily, non-stop, direct service, with on-board restroom, from México City to Oaxtepec, every 20 minutes during the day, leaving from the Taxqueña Bus Station (Central de Autobuses Taxqueña) in southern Mexico City, and arriving at the Oaxtepec bus terminal, located at directly in front of the main entrance to the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec. Bus reservations are not required. A one-way ticket costs 65 Mexican pesos (about $6.50 U. S. dollars); a round-trip ticket costs 130 Mexican pesos (about $13 U. S. dollars). The one-way trip takes approximately 1½ hours.
Estrella Roja bus line offers daily, direct, first-class service, with on-board restroom, from the city of Puebla (CAPU Terminal) to the bus terminal, located just in front of the main entrance to the Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec. Departures are once each hour, beginning at 5 a.m. From Puebla to Oaxtepec, reservations are not required. A one-way ticket costs approximately 115 Mexican pesos (about $11.50 U. S. dollars); a round-trip ticket costs 230 Mexican pesos (about $23 U. S. dollars). The one-way trip takes approximately 2¼ hours. From Oaxtepec to Puebla, a reservation is required, and must be made directly with the bus line 1½ hours before the desired departure time. The reservation can be made at the Estrella Roja counter inside the Oaxtepec bus terminal.
Maps and additional information, in English, about Mexico City can be found at http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/mexcity.html. The same maps and information can be found in Spanish at http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/index.html.
Map
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Main entrance to the Centro Vacacional |
Overview of lower level of Centro Vacacional |
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Geodesic
dome |
Underneath the geodesic dome |
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Typical dining space for the Campamento |
Typical dining space for the Campamento |
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Olympic swimming pool (at left) and
wading pool (at right) |
Cold curative sulphur waters (nope, they don't cure
diabetes) |
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Outdoor basketball courts |
Room for 4 persons (partial view) |
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