The support we have received has been overwhelming and we would like to thank everyone who has made a contribution towards this year’s program:
Mr. Tomasini and the Alliance Française de la Dominique, for giving us the opportunity to use the Alliance Française to welcome Irie Eco Fourth International Children Summer Program. We deeply appreciated the offer of their beautiful facility for the third year in a row. It has been a privilege to hold our program there and to benefit from the comfort and convenience of the location.
Francis O. Severin, Ph.D. and the University of the West Indies, for granting us the permission to use the ground of the University of the West Indies Open Campus Dominica to host a small event at the end of our program.
Hariett and Tom Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’ and Trudy Prevost, for their continuous support and encouragements over the years ; our succesful program would not exist without their precious help.
Our staff and helpers: Traci Coates, Lucil Bonin, Lies Schroe, Kirstyn Gonçalves, Trudy Prevost, Charity Joy Robinson. The enthusiasm and expertise of our staff in arts and crafts, pottery, games, yoga, movements, drama, dance and sports ensured that all participating children even the ones returning had new exciting things to do each day.
Adina James as our chef,
Robinson Rolle,
Richard Stanton and Nathalie Walsh of Digicel, The Embassy of the People's Republic of China and J. Astaphan and Co Ltd for the sponsorship of children whose parents could not afford the fees. Thanks to their initiative 6 children enjoyed 5 weeks of fun and challenging activities in Nature with Irie Eco International Summer Program.
Lennox Honeychurch, Anne Jno-Baptiste, Mrs. Evelyn Denis and the staff of Papillote Wildernest Resort, Bertrand Jno-Baptiste and Mr. Charles of the Forestry Division, Petra Charles, the ‘Gezelschaft zur Rettnung der Delphine’ and the Anchorage Hotel and Dive Center, for giving Irie Eco children such a warm welcome and being such a wealth of information. We would like to thank all of them for their special efforts in adapting their knowledge to our young audience !
Hubert Winston, the Dominica Yacht Club, Al Dive and Adina James, for giving Irie Eco the chance to include sailing in our program ! The turn out was a succes and the participating children were enthusiastic!
Mervelle Martineauz for offering the children the chance to benefit from his expertise and knowledge in Pottery, and for letting us use the facility of his workshop for the second year in a row.
Donna Klarin and 'DOAM' (Dominica Organic Agricultural Movement), Clementine and Guillem for sponsoring an innovative creative activity for the children of Irie Eco Summer Program. Thanks to their generous offer of materials and helpers, the children discovered the magic of spreading flowers along their path !
Jonathan Vidal of Jon Vee Tours, for offering a free ride to one of our outings
Portia Astaphan of Desiderata for her continuous support towards Irie Eco and her offer of food voucher.
Fine Foods Inc, Josephine Gabriel and Co Ltd, Xerox Document Center for their donations of Yago, Cream Desert, small bottles of water and colourful papers
Christophe Béaslas, from Belgium, for the design of our logo, brochures, flyers and posters.
It has been a privilege to work with such a professional and gifted partner!
Mrs Lynda Trotman, from London, England, Harriet and Tom Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’, Mr and Mrs Depillot, from France, for their generous donations of craft and camp activities supplies and all the supportive school children from Nantes, France who put a great gift together !
Mrs. Louie Williams of the Lion’s Club of Dominica, for her precious help in facilitating the donations we received for Irie Eco’s children program through Port and Customs!
Shawna Johnsons for her enthusiastic help and participation
Gaby Joseph of Green Acres Real Estate, for helping us source a comfortable lodging for our staff.
Trix Pfister, for the creation and maintainance of our collection of costumes for dress up....
Doctor Patricia Martini for her donnation of Arnica,
Yaritza Barbosa and Annabel Martin for the Spanish translations,
Thank you also to all the supportive parents and friends of Irie Eco for standing by in this exciting venture: Chris Lawrence, Ariane Magloire, Ursula Hardmeier, Fiona Sawers, Elise Agar, Marcia Dublin, Dominique Bertimes, Aminah Shillingford, Terri Henri, Tiana Viveralli and all participating parents...
Your warm encouragements are well appreciated...
Most of all, we would like to thank all the participating children for their enthusiasm over the past 4 years who made that adventure exciting !
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Thank you to the following organizations and people for their continuous support:
Hariett and Tom Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’,
Trudy Prevost,
Christophe Béaslas,
Mr. Tomasini and the Alliance Française de la Dominique,
Mr and Mrs Depillot,
Mrs Lynda Trotman,
Mrs. Louie Williams of the Lion’s Club of Dominica,
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China,
Francis O. Severin, Ph.D. and the University of the West Indies,
Jonathan Vidal of Jon Vee Tours,
Bertrand Jno-Baptiste and the Forestry Division,
Lennox Honeychurch,
Anne Jno-Baptiste and the staff of Papillote Wildernest Resort,
Petra Charles, the ‘Gezelschaft zur Rettnung der Delphine’ and the Anchorage Hotel and Dive Center,
Hubert Winston and the Dominica Yacht Club,
Gaby Joseph of Green Acres Real Estate,
Trix Pfister,
Patricia Martini, DIHom FBIH
Yaritza Barbosa,
Annabel Martin,
Fiona Sawers,
Ursula Hardmeier - Lawrence,
Woody Lawrence,
Aminah Shillingford,
Nathalie Walsh,
Donna Klarin and 'DOAM' (Dominica Organic Agricultural Movement),
our staff and helpers: Traci Coates, Charity Joy, Lucil Bonin, Lies Schroe, Kirstyn Gonçalves, Adina James, Robinson Rolle, Shawna Johnsons,
Josephine Gabriel and Co Ltd,
Fine Foods Inc,
Digicel,
J. Astaphan and Co Ltd,
Portia Astaphan of Desiderata,
and many more...
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