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YOUNG
ISLANDERS
Youth-based activities
in Dominica
- A youth
representative from Dominica visits Seychelles to participate
in the activities surrounding the Seychellois
Creole festival and to share the experience with peers back
home, Oct '06
- More than
3,000 primary school students in Dominica take part in a Youth
Safeguarding Waters project, organised as part of the 2006 Summer
vacation programme; while students from school Environmental
Clubs participate in River
Care monitoring activities, Jul '06
- As part
of Youth Visioning for Island Living, youth in Dominica implement
activities to preserve their the Kwéyòl culture through a project
called Parle
Creole project, Mar '06
- Youth
at Goodwill Secondary School launch a new Phase 5 of the Small
Islands Voice Youth Internet Forum with an article
on their efforts to preserve the Kwéyòl culture (with username
view and password only), Feb '06
- Also as
part of Youth Visioning for Island Living, young people in Gutter
Village work to sensitize people about the need to keep their
environment clean through a project called Sensitisation
and Clean-up Campaign in Gutter Village, Jan '05
- Students
at Goodwill Secondary School report on their environmental
activities in 2004-5, these range from community clean-ups
to environmental summer camps
- Students
at Dublanc Primary School display their creative art and recycled
materials
to the UNESCO Secretary-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, during
his visit to Dominica, Feb '05
- Youth
at the Dubique telecentre help the community with the formation
of a youth group and in the cultivation of their own vegetables,
Apr '04
- Students
and young people from Dubique and Grand Bay take part in the
launch of Small Islands
Voice at the Marigot Secondary School, see the report
of the opening for photos and more information, January 2004
- Students
at the Dublanc Primary
School hold a march to highlight the dirty condition of
their beach and shame the community into cleaning the beach
and keeping it clean, '03 and ongoing
- Kenny
James from the Dubique telecentre attended a one week workshop
in Jamaica on Universal Access to Telecommunication Service
and Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Enhance Rural and Remote
Service in the Caribbean, Dec '03
- The Multimedia
Telecentre at Dubique now has internet connections as well
as additional equipment and the young people in the community
are able to take part in the Small Islands Voice internet-based
discussions, as well as helping older community members learn
computer skills, September 2003 onwards
- Caribbean
youth participate in a
tree planting activity on the beach at Glanvillia in Dominica
as part of the Second Regional Sandwatch ²project workshop,
July 2003
- Youth from
twelve Caribbean countries participated in the Second
Regional Sandwatch project workshop in Dominica and presented
the results of their beach monitoring activities, July 2003
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