• RIPPLES group bridges the generation gap by bringing the young and the old together to share music, songs and stories, Aug '06
• The Sandwatch - RIPPLES group cleaned up the beach at Lower Bay, Bequia and found some treasure, Jul '06
• The Sandwatch - Small Islands Voice group tested the water quality at the Jeff Gregg drain in Bequia after reports of a bad smell and pollution problem, May '06
• The RIPPLES Group were the proud winners of a silver medal at the Digicel Concert, Mar '06.
• RIPPLES Project brings together children-at-risk in Bequia to lead a cultural revival in drumming and develop self esteem, Feb '06
• Sandwatch youth win second prize in the secondary school section of the UNESCO Community Sandwatch Competition, Sep '05
• High school students in Bequia will be learning all about running a community radio station as a Community Multimedia Centre is established at the Bequia Community High School, Jan '06 and ongoing
• Children and youth at risk in Bequia lead a cultural and musical revival in the art of drumming, Jan '06 and ongoing
• Sandwatch youth create awareness about their environmental activities with the first edition of their newsletter 'Sandwatch Newswatch', Jan '06
• Sandwatch youth construct garbage collection bins from crushed glass - using garbage to collect garbage, Dec \04
• Sandwatch/SIV youth take students from other schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on a field trip in Bequia to show them the effects of pollution on the environment, Dec '04
• Sandwatch/SIV youth presented with an FAO award for their contribution to sustainable development and environmental protection, Oct '04
• 20 Sandwatch youth participated in the International Coastal Clean up in Bequia removing literally tons of debris, some of which was thrown up by Hurricane Ivan, Sept '04
• Monitoring of the beaches in the Tobago Cays before and after the Disney movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean' was filmed there, was one of the activities undertaken by the Bequia Sandwatch/SIV youth (2002 and 2003)
• During a Town Hall meeting in June 2004, youth from Bequia have an opportunity to showcase their glass recycling project and display some of the patio tiles that have been made
• Youth in St. Vincent and the Grenadines take part in several activities in the lead up to the international meeting in Mauritius, one of these activities is a poetry competition
• Sandwatch students in Bequia prepare an instructional video on their activities. This will be shared in the future with other schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as other islands involved in Small Islands Voice
• Youth use the ACS internet café in Bequia to participate in the Small Islands Voice internet-based youth forum
• Young people from Bequia monitor the marine environment in the Tobago Cays and share information about Sandwatch project activities with the Myreau Environmental Development Organization. See photos of their expedition on board the traditional wooden schooner Friendship Rose
• Youth from Bequia Community School win the Commonwealth Youth Award for their work in monitoring and preserving Caribbean beaches through the Sandwatch project, September 2003
• Youth in Bequia voice their opinions about tourism and development issues to a meeting of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hotel and Tourism Association, August 2003
• A summer programme, 'Children against poverty', provided Bequian youth with skills for life including a thorough understanding of the marine environment, August 2003
• Young people in Bequia appreciate the underwater world as they learn to SCUBA dive, August 2003
• Students from Bequia Community High School perform 'Up from the Deep', an original dramatic monologue, at the Second Regional Sandwatch project workshop in Dominica, July 2003
• Students from the two Secondary Schools in Bequia take part in the official launch of Small Islands Voice in Small Island Voices ring out loud
• Bequia youth survey highlights concerns of secondary school students at the Bequia Community High School.

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