Today we continued working in the gym to get ready for the science fair. Our preparations today included moving desks and chairs from the classrooms down to the gym, building a stage, and making floral arrangements. I was really surprised how everything came together at the end of the day. The stage looked very nice […]
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 […]
¡Buenas noches! Today was our first full day in Monteverde, and, as expected, it has been an adventure. I mean, when you wake up at six in the morning and the sun is out in full force, you know the day is at least going to be interesting. Today was our first arrival at Colegio and […]
Today we woke up early and left the hostel in Alajuela. We hopped into a van to ride to our destination, Monteverde. Along the way, we stopped and got a very delicious breakfast. The ride up the mountain was unreal. I’ve never seen mountains so high, or land so dense with forestry. The roads were […]
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 […]
Despite being tired from the weekend trip, September, Laura, and Lori were up a bit early and took a walk to the outdoor market. They had a fine time admiring all the vegetables for sale, and Laura and Lori each bought a jar of honey. Back at the hotel we held our usual morning meeting […]
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 […]