Sandwatch Project Activities

• Sandwatch and RIPPLES team clean up Lower Bay, Bequia and find treasure, Jul '06
• Sandwatch group respond to a pollution problem at the Jeff Gregg Drain, May '06
• Newsletter “Sandwatch Newswatch” launched, Jan ‘06
• Video prepared on SIV Sandwatch activities, Feb '05
• Summary of SIV/Sandwatch action, May-Dec '04
• Poetry competition for Youth Visioning, May-Jun '04
• Sharing Sandwatch with visiting students from 'Ocean Classroom Program'. Feb '04
• Making an instructional video on Sandwatch activities, Feb 04
• Associated Schools Project Network revived in St. Vincent, Dec '03
• Commonwealth Youth Award ceremony Sep '03
• 'Children against poverty' 2003 Summer Programme Aug '03
• Training in Discover SCUBA Aug '03
• Dramatic monologue 'Up from the deep' Jul '03
• Sandwatch training workshop for students from Trinidad and Tobago Mar '03

Community Activities

• RIPPLES Project: Youth at risk in Bequia lead a cultural revival in drumming and also strengthen their self-esteem, Jan '06 and ongoing
• Community radio station and multimedia centre established at the Bequia Community High School, Jan '06 and ongoing
• Climate change workshop, Nov '04
• Programme of activities towards Mauritius, Apr-Dec '04
• Town Hall meeting on Island Visioning, Jun '04
• Participation in a Hotel and Tourism Association meeting Aug '03
• Official launch Feb '03
• Opinion survey Sep-Nov '02

Small Islands Voice Youth Internet Forum

• Youth make use of internet café in Bequia, Dec '03

Regional and International Meetings and Events

• St. Vincent and the Grenadines represented by Mr. Herman Belmar at the Caribbean conference on Education for Sustainable Development - New approaches for the Future, Oct '05
• Bequia hosts the Mauritius Strategy Implementation - Small Islands Voice Planning Meeting, Jul '05
• Mr. Herman Belmar and Ms Nekesha Gordon made presentations at the Small Islands Voice side event at the UN SIDS meeting in Mauritius, Jan '05
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines is represented at the Oceans, Coasts and Islands meeting in Paris, Nov '03
• Paper presented by Herman Belmar at the Oceans, Coasts and Islands meeting in Paris, Nov '03

Media Articles and Key Issues