Every Day is a Global Family Reunion

“Everyday is a holiday, Every meal is a Feast, Everyday with Global Volunteers feels like a family reunion.” 

What a beautiful day, full of challenges for all of us. Everybody on our team felt useful, needed, and productive.

            The Infant School volunteer reported a “good day”. She made progress working on numbers with her kindergarten children.

            The Primary School team members had fun playing “tooth fairy” for one of their children and some success with the spelling test. The children are making progress.

            The Marigot Secondary School team completed behavioral evaluations on three students. Our team member suggested asking the school to determine who can raelly benefit from Global volunteers remedial help so that the next team can focus on those children.

            The Kids' Step Preschool team went for a walk with the youngsters down to the river, reportedly to use the bathroom.

            The Kiddie’s Homey Day Care team worked with the kids on making books out of construction paper.

            The Roving Caregivers reported successful interaction with babies and their parents even in Coolie Town, the poorest area of St. Lucia.

            The Health Education team supplemented the curriculum for Third graders on disease prevention and nutrition.

            The Earth Box team reported an increased sense of neighborhood ownership for the project is spreading.

            Jorg was assigned to install pencil sharpeners for the schools and enjoyed an adventure with two local men to obtain missing screws.

            Mary Ann suggested that Global Volunteers undertake a long-range study of the impact of early childhood education on later success in school, comparable to studies in the U.S. on the effects of Head Start on later academic success.

            Michele unwillingly drop-kicked her room key into a gap at pool-side (where our team meetings are held) and it disappeared into the 5th dimension. When the key returns from its adventure will only be known tomorrow.

            Our delightful dinner guest, Mary Louise Reeves, who works with the Earth Box team, discussed insect and fungal threats to the banana crop on St. Lucia.

            All in all, a successful and fulfilling day.

 

- Ruthanne