This is wonderful, thanks for sharing your story and pictures;;
This is wonderful, thanks for sharing your story and pictures;;
Okay, not quite all. I forgot to mention a project that might interest the organic farmers among us. It seems that nearly 20 years ago a teacher in Accompong Town and a former Colonel; Harris “Teacher” Cawley, used to have a farming program where students were taught how to farm and raise poultry and goats. Just bare remnants of that program have survived to this day. Like most things, progress only seems to move forward when there is someone with a hand on the rudder to steer.
Once Teacher retired from teaching, there wasn’t anyone to provide direction and now the land is being used but the students are no longer involved. We are planning to change that. Just before leaving I met with some parents and community activists along with a representative from http://www.projects-abroad.org/volun...nteer-jamaica/ who want to revive this program.
As I have said before, there are virtually no jobs for young people in Accompong Town except farming and some of these youths don’t have the benefit of having an adult in their life who knows how to farm properly and effectively. Also, yield has increased with the use of “ferti” (fertilizer) but one of the unfortunate byproducts has been some discoloration of the yam’s meat which is directly related to the use. Organic farming is gaining traction all over Jamaica and it should be practiced in Accompong Town as well.
All changes take time and this project won’t get off the ground until later this year or early next. Perhaps if you are an Organic Farmer or know Organic Farming techniques and would like to spend part of your visit to Jamaica in a rural community helping make a difference, watch for more on this project when it happens or go to the Projects Abroad link above and volunteer for their program.
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Those who know me the best understand that I am all about helping wherever I can and Accompong Town offers so many ways to help that don’t require a lot of money. Mystic Bowie, Reggae Singer-Songwriter, is from Accompong Town and he has made it his mission to improve the school system
He formed the Mystic Bowie Cultural Center http://mysticbowieculturalcenter.com/ to raise the collective consciousness of both the citizens of Accompong Town and the world in general on what is needed and how to accomplish it at the same time. Mystic Bowie travels all across the United States giving concerts and most times half of what people pay to attend the concert goes directly to funding the Mystic Bowie Accompong Library
As with any library endeavors, books are needed to fill the shelves. Nicholas Da Silva from www.dreadandalive.com and some of his friends and supporters sent down some books which I was proud and honored to deliver myself to the school’s principal, Mr. Garfield Rowe.
Mr. Garfield Rowe.
Another project was dubbed “Project Accompong” http://www.dreadandalive.com/causes/project-accompong/ where funds were raised to feed the 35-60 students a nourishing hot breakfast three days a week. Again, I was honored to deliver a month’s worth of funds for this worthy cause.
The Breakfast Program
Mr. Da Silva, a graphic artist-entrepreneur, also donated a silkscreen which the children along with Tayshan Wright screened enough donated tee shirts to give each child who participated in the program a free tee shirt in commemorate the January 6th Celebration of 2014.
The kids with their tee shirts.
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Very nice!
Fascinating. Can't wait to see more. Thank for sharing.
thanks for sharing. definitely gives some much needed perspective (For me anyway) about rural Jamaica.
This is wonderful. Love seeing pictures of your friends and your home and all the goings on. Thank you so much
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Nice.......The basics of life......
Beautiful report. How did you happened to find yourself there so long ago?
Soon come!
Awesome report! I learned alot...and that rainbow..beautiful!!!
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