Anna-Claire Bevan has the story on a new reality show set in Guatemala called
The Project: Guatemala.
Most reality TV shows rely on scripted confessionals and spoiled, fame-hungry contestants keen to accomplish their esteemed celebrity status by doing very little. “The Project: Guatemala” is different.
It may initially look the same, with its cast of privileged 20-somethings who believe they’re embarking on a six-week trip to paradise, but the show soon changes when the pampered participants discover they are heading to rural Guatemala to build a community center for orphaned and abandoned children.
“They were shocked to say the least,” said the show’s host, Canadian adventurer Ray Zahab. “Let’s face it, this group of young people did not see this coming – it was out of their landscape of thought.”
Nine Canadians traveled with Zahab to Tecpán, 50 kilometers northwest of Guatemala City, to Project Somos, a Canadian nongovernmental organization that works with Guatemalan children in need.
“They could leave whenever they wanted to – this wasn't about voting anyone out. But they had to want to stay and work hard,” Zahab said. “It was very real and very difficult for many of them.”
Let me just say that the show doesn't appeal to me but to each his own.
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