End of Program!

Once again, Irie Eco Summer Program has come to an end and has been a great fun!

In our 4th year our essential goals have remained the same: happy children; smiling faces; friendships made; healthy living; ecological awareness; cultural sensitivity and most important immersion into nature!

All the favourite summer activities from the years past were still there!
learning to swim, practicing foreign languages, identifying plants birds and animals in the rainforest, trail hiking, arts and crafts, cultural tours, yoga, eco education, drama, dance
And the recent addition of sailing classes and pottery turned out a succes!
The three different outings each week to different sites gave us an opportunity to play games, go on treasure hunts, try some nature art and to generally discover Dominica’s varied wildlife in a wide variety of locations: Papillote Wilderness Resort, Laudat and Titou Gorge, Cabrits, Layou and ofcourse the Roseau River and the traditional Whale Watch were all part of the highlights of this summer.

The children have been in the caring hands of Traci Coates, Liesbet Schroe, Lucil Bonnin, Kirstyn Goncalves and Trudy Scott Prevost. 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. We would like to include a heart felt thanks to our staff.

The support we have received has been overwhelming and we would like to thank, once again, everyone who has made a contribution towards this year’s program.


Cécile and Tina for Irie Eco

Thank you Desiderata!

Thank you very much Portia Astaphan of Desiderata for supporting us for the second year in a row with food voucher! Your donation was very welcomed!

Thank you Doam!

Thank you DOAM for sponsoring an innovative creative activity for the children of Irie Eco Summer Program. Thanks to your generous offer of materials and helpers, the children will discover the magic of spreading flowers along their path !

Thank you Digicel!

Thank you Digicel for supporting our program for the second year in a row !
Thanks to your sponsorship 3 more children whose parents can not afford the fees will enjoy 5 weeks of fun and healthy holidays in the beautiful natural settings of Dominica !
Thank you Richard Stanton and Nathalie Walsh of Digicel for your ongoing support towards our program.

Thank you J. Astaphan and Co Ltd!

Many thanks to J. Astaphan and Co Ltd for their generous initiative to sponsor a child whose parents can not afford the fees !
One more Dominican child will have an opportunity to enjoy the natural splendors of Dominica in an active and challenging way thanks to their sponsorship !

Thank you Fine Foods Inc.!

Thank you very much to Fine Foods Inc. for offering Irie Eco Children Summer Program 5 cases of Yago, 1 big box of Cream deserts for special treats and small bottled 'Blue Water' very usefull on outings… ! We are sure that the children will appreciate those unexpected healthy surprises !

Many thanks also to Aminah Shillingford and the staff of Fine Foods Inc for facilitating the transportation of the donations!

Thank you Josephine Gabriel and Co Ltd

Thank you very much to Josephine Gabriel and Co Ltd for offering Irie Eco Children Summer Program 2 cases of small bottles of Trois Pitons Pure Dominica water. It will be well apreciated at one of our outings.

Thank you Jonathan Vidal!

Thank you to Jonathan Vidal of Jon Vee Tours for offering to drive 25 children to one of our outing location!

Thank you to the University of the West Indies!

Thank you Francis O. Severin, Ph.D. and the University of the West Indies Open Campus Dominica for granting us the permission to use the grounds of the University to host our small exhibition for this Summer's Irie Eco Children Program planned for Thursday, August 12, 2010. (More info will come shortly in that regard...)

Thank you to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China!

Thank you to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China for assisting us for the second year in a row!
Thanks to your sponsorship, 2 children whose parents can not afford the fees will have the opportunity to enjoy 5 weeks of fun experiences in Nature!

Thank you Patricia Martini, DIHom FBIH

Thank you to Dr Patricia Martini, the Homeopath residing in Dominica, for supplying Irie Eco Summer Program with Arnica!
It will be used to treat the small bruises that may occured with an active program like ours...!

Thank you to the Dominica Yacht Club!

Many thanks to Hubert Winston and the Dominica Yacht Club for offering the children the chance to take part in an introductory sailing class incorporated in our program.

Thank you Trix!

Thank you to Trix Pfister for the creation and maintainance of our collection of costumes for dress up....

Thank you!

Thank you to the following persons and organisations for their ongoing volunteer participation in our program:
- The Forestry Division and Bertrand Jn-Baptiste for the Bird watch. We are looking forward to learn more about Dominica’s birds and wildlife, this year in a different location ,
- Thanks to Lennox Honychurch we’ll have the chance to benefit once again of his wealth of knowledge giving the children an insight of Dominica’s History.
- Anne Jno Baptiste of Papillote offer her beautiful and flowery gardens for an afternoon of discoveries and hot and cold bath


- Petra Charles and the ‘Gezelschaft zur Rettnung der Delphine’ are, once again, generously organizing a whale watch cruise for the participating children on board of 'Passion' from Anchorage Hotel and Dive Center.

Updates Summer Program

As summer draws near so we would like to update you on the latest news about our 4th International Irie Eco Children’s Summer Programme located at the Alliance Française and running from July 12th to August 13th 2010!
We are happy to organize once again such great summer holidays and we are excited to see it shaping up!
This year, we will be offering drama, dancing, yoga, arts and crafts, sports, eco education, pottery, sailing classes and a lot of fun games. We’ll have a special focus on languages introducing French and Spanish vocabulary in daily conversations.
As per our traditional 3 different outings every week, we have again planned visits to exciting new sites to include the opportunity for games, treasure hunts, nature art and discovery of our wildlife in a wide variety of locations. We can already tell you that we’ll be going on a whale watch and a bird watch, on a historical tour with Lennox Honeychurch, horseback riding and ATV’s and kayaking. We’ll be going to Wacky Rollers Adventure Parc, gardens, beaches, rivers and warm waters. And we will of course enjoy our legendaries local lunches cooked on fire by river pools and bassins...
We are pleased to once again have sourced an interesting, eclectic, knowledgeable and experienced staff from all over the world. Meet them on their special page...
Our program is organised this year for children from 5 to 10-11 years old.
Younger and older children (up to 12 years old) are welcome on our outing days (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) as long as they give us advance notice to organise transport and the younger ones (under 5) must be accompanied by an adult.
Our teachers are trained in non-violent behaviour management and are encouraged to be actively involved in every program.
Register you child(ren) today for a healthy, educational and interesting summer that they will enthusiastically attend and remember fondly.
Space Limited! Register now!

Special Thanks...

A special thank you to Hariett Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’ and Trudy Prevost of ‘Rainbow Yoga’ for their continuous support and encouragement over the years.
Our succesful program would not exist without their precious help!

Thank you 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, and many more...
Your warm encouragements are well appreciated...

Thank you Gaby Joseph!

Thank you Gaby Joseph of Green Acres Real Estate for helping us source a comfortable lodging for our staff.

Thank you Christophe Béaslas!

Many many thanks to Christophe Béaslas for the design of our logo, brochures, flyers and posters.
It is truly a privilege to work with such a professional and gifted partner!
Contact him for the conception of all your promotional material and website:
cbeaslas@gmail.com

Thank you to Hariett and Tom Linskey!

Thank you Hariett and Tom Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’ for their generous donnation of 100 US$ wich has been used towards the printing of promotional materials!

Thank you Lynda Trotman!

Thank you to Lynda Trotman for donating a huge box of camp activities supplies.

Thank you Louie Williams!

Many thanks to Louie Williams of the Lions Club of Dominica for facilitating the supplies through Port and Customs.

Thank you Alliance Française!

A Special Thank You to Alliance Française! We deeply appreciate you offering your beautiful facility for the third year in a row. We are looking forward to another great summer there!

Merci à la famille Depillot!

Thank you to the Depillot Family for promoting our program in France, raising a great amount of craft supplies and games and taking care of the transportation of the supplies accross the Atlantic.Thank you to Olivier Stephane, Christian Dumur and all those supportive school children from Nantes, France who put that great gift together !Merci !

Thank you to the Lions Club of Dominica for facilitating the donation from Hands across the Sea through customs!

Thank you 'Hands across the Sea'

Thank you to Hariett and Tom Linskey of ‘Hands across the Sea’ for their generous donnation of craft supplies.