September 2022
New scholarships granted; summer programs
August 2022
A stellar summer for the Learning Centre
July 2022
Summer youth programs
June 2022
Setting sail with the JSAB
May 2022
What real learning looks like
April 2022
Celebrating the people in our neighbourhood
March 2022
Gathering community at The Food Sermon
February 2022
Scholarships announced
January 2022
Celebrating the kids of the Bequia Karate School
December 2021: “There are so many good people in the world”
November 2021: Kenshia is coming to Canada
September 2021: Back to school
August 2021: Checking in with Sir James
May 2021: Celebrating the Koven Family Foundation
They literally helped the blind to see, and now they are working to make the vaccine available.
February 2021: Solana’s initiative
Food boxes; pitching in at the Bequia Anglican Primary School
December 2020: Where we are, where we are going
Reflecting on the year past, and the work ahead.
October 2020: Volunteer culture
The benefits of a volunteer culture, and an update on the textbook project.
August 2020: Lending a hand
Launching the voucher program; paying tribute to Ron Cutajar
June 2020: Celebrating the class of 2020
Graduates, a new boat for the junior sailors, and a history of the Bequia Mission
May 2020: Little things mean a lot
Checking with two great friends, one old and one new.
February 2020: Chromebooks at the LC; Jamell Ollivierre
The chromebook program continues to grow, and we check in with a medical student from Lower Bay.
October 2021: Scholarships announced
July 2021: Meeting the challenge of the pandemic head on
April 2021: Responding to La Soufriere
How to help during a challenging time.
March 2021: We’re only as strong as our neighbour is
There’s power in visiting friends.
January 2021: Expanding the voucher program
An update on the voucher program; a donation from Hands Across the Sea
November 2020: A Cutajar Update
Reopening the Learning Centre; Solana’s book drive.
September 2020: Back to the books
Reopening the Learning Centre; Solana’s book drive.
July 2020: Rinette’s Story
The work of the WPP, and details of scholarship applications
April 2020: Look for the helpers
Troubling times deserve resilient people. The COVID crisis? We’ve go this.
January 2020: Monelle’s Story; Reading at the LC; Gardening at the Sunshine School
Can there be any better story than learning to read?
December 2019: It was a very good year
We look back at the people and the work of a year.
October 2019: Cooking in Canada with Gabby Ollivierre
She’s top of her class, and gaining work experience at a local restaurant. When we visited a few weeks ago she was apprenticing at Joey Barlow, voted in a magazine readers poll as one of the best restaurants in the city, as well as working shifts in the Highwood, a fine-dining restaurant on campus.
November 2019: Closing the digital gap
The importance of growing digital skills will bring students closer to the world beyond.
September 2019: Back to school
Some of the reasons we go to school aren’t necessarily the ones we think of first.
August 2019: Bridging the gaps
Often the barriers to education to students in the Caribbean are surprising to people who haven’t experienced them first hand.
June 2019: Hairouna Daze supports the students of the Learning Center; Sargassum crisis
Taking stock of local initiatives for change.
July 2019: Gardening at the Sunshine School; Recorder Karate!
As students develop the knowledge and skills of growing and taking care of a garden, their confidence grows, too.
May 2019: Super Cape-abilities; Kadeen Hazel, valedictorian
Are there better stories than this? Let us know if there are, as we’d like to hear them: local children gain the power of advocacy, and Kadeen delivers a valedictory speech to his class at flight school.
April, 2019: Junior Sailing Academy Bequia; profile of Sister Cherrylynn Glynn
A great program, and a profile of a beloved volunteer.
February, 2019: Think Differently; Supporting We Choose
Programs that make use of local talent to approach global problems.
March, 2019: Annual benefit gala
Save the date to change the world.
January, 2019: Going to school: The benefits of in-country scholarships
We follow two students as they go to school.
December, 2018: A profile of Carmette Gooding; peer-to-peer book drive
A profile of one of the best, and sharing the love of reading.
October, 2018: We Inspire youth seminar; Gabby Olivierre: Cooking in Canada
Gabby Ollivierre’s first real experience of snow came with a freak storm that hit Calgary on October 2. It was also the beginning of a new life.
November, 2018: Scholarships; Tylisha Miller on life at the Learning Centre
The more you know about the Learning Centre, the happier you’ll be.
September, 2018: Launching the Grenadines Initiative; Chromebooks to Bequia
We’re away! The launch of a new name and a new program.
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