This was a World AIDS Day March that I organized along with New Life Organization in Grenville, Grenada. We distributed information about HIV and AIDS, a list of places that provide free testing and counseling, and red awareness ribbons.
March 2009 - Concord, Grenada
These are the volunteers in the 79th group in the Eastern Carribean island of Greanda. Our journey to the Peace Corps has led us to this.
These sweet girls would always come to my apartment in St. Paul's, Grenada for art projects, help with homework, or a snack. This day, they just so happened to have color-coordinating "plats" in their hair.
Netball is a sport similar to basketball, but played by mostly women in Europe. It is non-contact and there is no dribbling. My team from St. Pauls Sports and Culture Association is pictured here. Our 2009 Grenada Netball Association (GNA) season...
Youth development; Education; Teachers and students
These students from Resource Centre for the Blind have just completed the second-annual Walkathon on May 19, 2010. They walked the 2.5 mile route through St. Georges, the capital of Grenada and ended at the Tanteen playing field. The purpose of the...
July 2010 - With the assistance of the Small Project Assistance (SPA) grant, Volunteer Katherine Miller was able to work with the Programme for Adolescent Mothers in Grenada to host a summer retreat for the students enrolled in the organization.
Dec 2009 - The Programme for Adolescent Mothers.
The students who attend the program hosted a Fun Day at the end of the term. Here they were practicing yoga with their babies.
Grade four students from St. Dominics R.C. Primary School in Grenada have just completed making Mothers Day cars for elderly ladies at the St. Martins Home for the Aged. Each student was given two pieces of construction paper and there was only one...
This is my favorite friend in the Marketplace in St. Georges. He is loyal, fair and always has a great story. His most featured produce is not really edible- its called a calabash, a traditional, hollowed out, solid bowl used for placing bagged...
Grenadian students from St. Paul's Government Primary School are performing a traditional "May Pole Dance" in celebration of their country's 36th Anniversary of Independence on February 7, 2010.
St. Dominics RC Primary School students prepare for the March Past portion of their annual sports day at the La Sagesse playing field. They are in competition with the yellow and red houses (all Grenadian national colors) to see who can be the most...
Dominica - three Volunteers from Grenada traveled to Dominica to stay with fellow Volunteerss. We were warmly welcomed by a homestay dad in near Trafalgar, Dominica.
April 2009 - Grenada
The boys of J.W. Fletcher Memorial R.C. School participated in a service learning project to learn a little about culture with the construction of kites.
March 2009 - Concord, Grenada, West Indies
There are the volunteers of EC 79 in Grenada. This was our first real bonding experience that we had hiking to Concord Waterfalls.
April 2010 - Grenada.
The students of New Life Organisation (NewLO) celebrating earth day by picking up trash, planting flowers around their school and creating musical instruments from recycled items
This photo was taken on Easter Sunday. This is my host mother and I preparing a traditional Grenadian feast of mackerel fish, tomatoes and onions. Gathering in the kitchen to help prepare meals is a tradition in Grenadian culture and its not...
These two Grenadian students are visually impaired and just completed the first-ever, "Resource Centre for the Blind Walkathon" on May 27, 2009. We had just walked 2.5 miles through town and settled down to eat refreshments and proceed with the...