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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