Team Journal Entry for Thursday, March 10 We assemble for breakfast in the hotel. The mood is relaxed and convivial. Considering we were total strangers four days ago, there isn’t any awkwardness or pretense. Our team is gelling naturally. Of course, the bar is set very high with this group. There are two former teachers, […]
Team Journal Entry for Wednesday, March 9, 2016 We gathered for Tatiana’s wonderful breakfast at the terribly early hour of 7 a.m. The Message of the Day was from Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Roberto gave a fabulous presentation of […]
Team Journal Entry for Tuesday, March 8 Breakfast was delicious. I read the Message of the Day to remind us of “where we are and why we are here.” Then we heard Bill’s surgically precise journal entry for Monday. After breakfast, we walk to “El Colegio” – which is a secondary school, grades seven to twelve. […]
Team Journal Entry for Monday, March 7, 2016 Breakfast at 7 a.m. Morning message and then off to Colegio, the local high school that specializes in tourism. We met with Ana Ruth’s ecotourism class. Lots of laughs as we and they introduced ourselves in each other’s language. A student, Ronny, gave us a short tour […]
Michele Gran and Bud Philbrook’s unconventional honeymoon led to Global Volunteers’ founding in 1984. That year, the Jamaica Service Program began with two teams. Since 1984, we’ve worked in more than 200 other communities worldwide. Global Volunteers’ honeymoon story is told here by Co-founder Michele Gran, who is pictured below holding a child in Jamaica: Our […]
by Mindy Lull, Professor at Wegmans School of Pharmacy Three years ago, I had a wild idea to find a service trip in the United States where I could take a group of my students to experience a new culture, help a community in need, and grow together as teammates. I’ve traveled on service trips […]
St Lucia boasts of two Nobel Laureates, Sir Arthur Lewis, who was born in 1915 and obtained the Nobel Prize in Economics and Derek Walcott, born in 1930, who won the prestigious award for his work in Literature. Because both men were born on 23rd January, this day is called Nobel Laureate Day; a day […]
With one day to go before returning home, I have been reflecting on my volunteer experience. While Sue has been very enthusiastic about a Global Volunteer trip, I was unsure if I really wanted to go. After much thought, I decided to leave “my comfort zone” and go to St. Lucia. I was so […]