Today was an extremely hot day out! Team Earth Box set out to replant the Earth Boxes that had been left at the two Early Childhood Centre’s in Anse La Raye. At the Kid’s Step Preschool there was a buzz of activity with kids singing, teachers instructing and privileged Global Volunteers assisting with the children […]
The task in my mind start to ponder as I am getting off the bus today. What can I do to truly make a difference at the school today? The kids smiling and greeting us as we exited can only put bigger smiles on our face! The true joy of happiness fills my heart instantly! […]
Is it only Thursday? Each of us is building our own student ‘clientele, ‘ people of all ages with varying English competency. Conversation, discussion, information sharing – all are means to develop the students’ English language and enhance our own appreciation of the richness of Italy, Puglia and the true Monopolitani. Some students are business […]
Monday morning~ After breakfast and morning meeting – we departed for our assignments. Margaret & I were off to a meeting at Marigot Secondary School with Principal DuJohn, Vernett James, the youth officer from the Dept. of Ministry, and Ms Fitz &Ms James – teachers from the Home Economics & Agriculture program. We gathered to […]
Continuing our work on community projects to help deliver the 12 Essential Services required for children to reach their full potential is the heart of The St. Lucia Demonstration Project. Our actions together will help minimize factors inhibiting children’s capacity, while optimizing those variables which will promote their full growth and development. It’s not easy […]
Breakfast as usual. Carita & Emily worked at Kids Step preschool and Katie showed up in the afternoon to help after finishing with her RCP visits. Tracey had a good day with 4 family visits with Daniella to Roving Caregiver mothers and children. Dawn, Warren, & Margaret visited FlavianIsimbert, the Primary School Principal […]
Dawn guides cameraman Dave as Francois Henry selects seedlings at the nursery. It’s been very interesting watching reporter Jason Davis and photographer Dave Peterson work – interviewing volunteers and capturing the various aspects of each work project. They started out on Monday at Kids’ Step interviewing Carita and recording the students tending the Earth Boxes. […]
Today we all met for breakfast at Ben’s Hideaway, and gathered some more resources from the resource room before we were on our way. Margaret and Dawn went back to the health clinic to look over birth records and were pleased to find they went all the way back to 1979! They then […]
St. Lucia Day Two: our first work day in the field, was an extremely unique and interesting experience. Team Alpha Dogs (Tony Lombardi, Sean, Cameron, Tyler, Kevin, myself (and our one Doggette, Melina) were off to an old abandoned building to help refurnish and reconstruct a facility for the “Youth on Fire” in Anse Le […]
A sunny”home” for an RCP mom’s Earth Box. Volunteers gathering for breakfast; thought of the day; the journal reading; loading in the bus; off to our projects – it has been a long time for me since my last Global Volunteers program, but I feel at home again. Meeting the staff at the RCP; walking through the […]