Deh Island Reading Program

A local Grenadian woman started a Saturday morning reading program for children from any school on the island.  The cruisers volunteer and a bus will come to your bay and pick you up.  This is Myeeshia, a very shy but lovely girl who was in Gr. 4.  She and I read to each other and then played checkers.  There were at least 40 children and close to 15 volunteers both local Grenadian and cruisers who gathered at Jan's beautiful home in the mountains.

Our friends, John and Kathy on Katerina brought their friend and guest Andrea along.  We had learned the other night when they came for happy hour on Celebrian that Andrea was a children's author.  Not only does she write children's books but she also illustrates them as well.  Andrea had brought some of her books with her to Grenada to donate to local schools.  Andrea also did a presentation and read the first book that she had ever written.  She showed the kids how she began learning to draw as well.  The kids were captivated and really enjoyed her presentation.  The Grenadian folks running the program were thrilled and very appreciative.

We had left at 9:30 am and were back to the bay by 1:30pm....it had been a good morning and we all felt good at doing our part at giving back to the people of Grenada.