July 5, 2011
The Blue Mountain Project expected a lot from me. The activities that I was faced with caused me to think “I can’t…” but my host family and two other people gave me the extra push I needed. They are special to me and have been…
July 3, 2011
Hello Readers! Today, I am going to tell you about one of our group activities – our hike to the highest peak in the Caribbean, the Blue Mountain Peak. The hike was difficult and very long. Sometimes I didn’t know why I was doing it.…
July 2, 2011
Today was our second day of manual work at the Blue Mountain Project. As you might have already read in previous blog posts, the scenery of the Blue Mountains is so incredibly breathtaking. It is unbelievably picturesque as if one was pulled into an idealistic…
July 1, 2011
July 1, 2011
While we were journaling today, one of our group leaders asked “How is the Penlyne Community, including host families, different from our own community?”I answered, “Teamwork.”
Our LearnServe group started to dig a trench to fix the sewage pipe by 9:00…
June 30, 2011
The journey to Hagley Gap and Penlyne Castle to work with the Blue Mountain Project was one of the bumpiest rides of my life, but outside the bus was one of the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen up close . At one point,…
June 29, 2011
Greeting’s Everyone,
My name is Ralph. I attend high school in Washington, DC and I am a volunteer with Learn Serve International.
Today was a long day. Fortunately, after long and hard work, the overall experience was good. Once we arrived at St. Alban’s, I…
Hi! My name is Nicky. I am a recently graduated from a Maryland high school and I’m looking forward to starting my college career this fall. This summer I had the opportunity to revisit Jamaica but with a different agenda through LearnServe International.
Today, was…
Hello, my name is Gabrielle and I am a rising 11th grader at a DC public school. I was a part of the LearnServe fellows program 2010-2011 and now I am a part of the LearnServe aboard program. This was my first time traveling out…
June 27, 2011
While Victory, Marwa, and Shade’ were teaching the grade 1, 2, and 3 students, I noticed a boy in the back of the room, holding a small jug of milk and trying to blend into the shelves. This boy was beautiful: dark brown skin, round…
In the year of 2040, a group of students traveled and traveled, eventually stumbling across this long lost island of Jamaica. They were lost and surrounded by hundreds of trees with tropical fruits in them. While digging through the trees, trying to find their escape…