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School & social – Albert Town, Jamaica
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Volunteers will work in Marlie Mount school a primary and infant school or in a school for children/teenagers with Special
Educational Needs. The school is
particularly interested in sports or arts. The SEN school is small with around 20 pupils and a volunteer can either work full time in this school or work in the state school and work 2 hours each day with this project.
There are also opportunities for the volunteer to work in a homeless centre providing care for 8 elderly and 4 young people. This work will include preparing meals and social activities for the residents.
For the project, trainees/volunteers need to be …
● You should like working with people and have some skills in work with
children and/or the elderley.
● Be interested in being close to nature and happy to live with few luxuries (don’t expect hot water in the showers etc).
● Have initiatives and ideas how to engage children using limited resources.
The project place
Old Harbour is a small town close to the fishing port of Old Harbour bay, it has numerous shops, take-aways, restaurants and bars and you will live around 1km from the centre. This is a safe town, however we would not recommend going to the bay at night, it is a fishing area and without Jamaican accompaniment you will get hassle at the bay but only to buy fish or drink rum in one of the small rum bars which fit just two or three people inside.
Jamaica, is based in the Caribbean, Cuba, Haiti and Cayman Islands are the closest neighbours, being situated east of central America. Jamaica has a reputation for it’s beaches and dangerous areas, actually you will be far from the tourist resorts on this project and will also not be close to the no-go ghettos of Kingston and Spanish town.
The people in Jamaica are friendly outside the tourist areas you will see very few white faces but will be accepted in the communities where you volunteer. Jamaicans often start early farmers starting work at 4am and regular jobs and some schools starting at 7am.
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