Week two living in the African bush, check! Still healthy, still happy and still inundated with household chores on a daily basis. After this, I will never complain about chores again, ever. Imagine every time you want to drink some water, this is our process: Fetch the bucket for water. Go to the open well …
I love my life…on St Vincent…with children…lots of children…lots of crazy children going bonkers! (Music credit to Demarco’s famous song “I Love My Life”) I hope you have as much fun watching the video as I had making the video
Best story I have from Zambia so far…sort of gross…BUT YOU WERE WARNED: Last week I went into “The Zambian Bush” where there is no running water, electricity, or hospitals to visit Farmers Club meetings as part of my volunteer work here. It was incredible, amazing, enlightening and also heartbreaking when I compare what I saw …
Posted from Putnam, Connecticut, United States.Spend a week teaching Positive Choices to 4-10 year olds in St Vincent. Then I dare you to say that you have not fallen in love with them. “When I get older, I will be stonger, they’ll call me freedom, just like a waving flag.” –Knaan Karla, Carina and I …
You would think: Living in the Caribbean = awesome Bob Marley shirts to buy at every corner. WRONG! Saint Vincent is so small and untouristy that it barely has any souveneir shops. All of the locals are wearing Bob shirts, but no one seems to be selling them. I spent 2 entire afternoons going from …
Yay! Horray! Wowzers! Amazing! Baganga! Awesome! Soooo cool! This is cray cray!! I am so happy because I was nominated for the GoAbroad.com Blog of the Week and…Erica from America Blog WON! Check it out boo boos!
If you live in the Caribbean they can. Last week I was very sorry to hear that a community leader died from my area in Saint Vincent. Not only had he lived on this island his whole life, he was a teacher and principal for over 30 years, a steel drum player, a song writer, …
Posted from New York, New York, United States.This poem is dedicated to my best friend in the whole wide world– Happy Salerica Day 2011!! Salerica Day is finally here, Time to smile, laugh, booty-shake and cheer. It’s the anniversary of our undeniable sista-friendship And the fantastic times we spent directly attached at the hip! …
Raise Money Online // HELP US HELP THE CARIBBEAN & AFRICA! We are almost at our fundraising goal! We just need a little more help from people like you! Donate at (www.gofundme.com/Help-Us-Help-Africa) or by clicking the box above. We will travel to sub-Saharan African countries that are stuck in the endless cycle of poverty to help …
Posted from Rosehall, St David, St Vincent and the Grenadines.Nothing says Caribbean Paradise like three burly Vincentian men drumming as the sun sets. The Rosehall Drummers is a group of locals who have come together to share the culture, history and arts of St Vincent with everyone on this island. Selly, Gilroy and Walton are …
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