Students participate in reading camp

Some 80 students completed a one week reading camp on Friday, August 13th, 2010. The reading camp was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education under the theme, “Learn to read, read to learn.” The camp started at the San Pedro High School on Monday August 9th from 8:00am to 2:00pm.


According to San Pedro Education Officer Candy Armstrong, the reading camp seeks to improve the reading skills and vocabulary of the students. The students are from different schools on the island and are from various grades. The camp concentrated in two main areas, reading skills and writing. The reading camp was promoted in various schools before classes closed for vacation.
On Wednesday, representatives of Grand Belizean Estate Company visited the kids and handed out t-shirts for their participation. The donation is in an effort to show support to the reading camp and encourage others to participate in such important activities. Armstrong said that the t-shirts will be given to the students on the final day of the camp along with a bag each of assorted schools supplies. The Ministry of Education hopes to make the reading camp an annual event.

Reef Radio Jaguar's Temple Karaoke 2010 Competition begins!!!!!

Last night at the Jaguar's Temple nightclub, saw the commencement of Karaoke 2010 in San pedro. Taking the stage were Javier Castillo, Ramon Flores, Israel Zetina, Mark Elliot, Celia De Pinto and Jeol Andino. Some contestants were repeat contestants and some first timers. The crowd was well entertained. At the end of the night, two finalists moved on to the fnals - Audience Favorite - Javier Castillo and Judges' Pic - Joel Andino!

Swimming and Drumming Lessons for Kids

Summer stretches seemingly endlessly for children on the island. With no homework, hardly any chores to do, the vast sea calls them to spend as much time in the water as possible. But what about those who can't swim, and can't afford summer camp or lessons? Well, Reverend Julie Bradley and her team of about 10 volunteers from Los Angeles have been giving a bit of swimming lessons to local children at The Tides Hotel pool, and on Thursday, the fast learners had a fun trip to Hol Chan, to enjoy what their island offers...

Later that evening, they had Drum Circle, where kids and volunteers alike got to enjoy the primitive beats of the local Garifuna drums...kudos to the volunteers!!

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Cat Walking in San Pedro

Several people congregated at the Bowen and Bowen dock on Tuesday evening to take part in a fun Cat Walk, that eventually ended with them jumping into the ocean at the end of the red carpet runway.

And just what is the Cat Walk?

Marije a.k.a. Cat, a 27 years old from The Netherlands, is currently on San Pedro as a part of her “Catwalk around the World” project. While she is not a model, and is not a size zero, Marije has a mission. Her mission is to promote awareness to citizens from around the world of the enormous strength of body language and inspire human beings to follow their heart and use all venues available to make their dreams come true! It is her goal to do the catwalk in at least 20 countries. A red carpet carried by Marije serves as the catwalk. Every catwalk that she performs is being documented on camera. At the end of her mission – she hopes to take all the videos that she collects and convert them into a short movie, which she hopes to share with the world via YouTube. Tuesday's fun event was hosted by Dixie Bowen, who generously provided Belikins to those who attended.
In San Pedro, Marije has been hosted by the following individuals, Changes in Latitudes, Banana Beach Resort, Holiday Hotel and Moncho's Golf Cart rentals. Snorkeling was provided by Lil Alfonse.

With the help of individuals that she comes in contact with through her travels, she has been able to acquire assistance to help her finance her project. A very interesting way that individuals can assist in this cause is the “Give me a Challenge” method. This method invites viewers and friends of the cause to pose challenges to Marije and propose a payment amount for completing each challenge. When the challenge is completed, she is paid by the entity that poses the challenge. What’s very interesting is that Marije has linked up with the T.E.S.S. Foundation in Guatemala.

The Foundation T.E.S.S. Unlimited was founded by Tessa de Goede and serves to help children with cleft palates by providing finances for cosmetic plastic surgery to fix their smile, provides assistance to malnourished children and school children with “English language classes”. Upon accomplishing each challenge, Marije pledges to help T.E.S.S. Unlimited by donating 50% of the proceeds to the foundation and the remaining moneys is to further her travels and so forth for the catwalks around the world.

For further information on Marije and Catwalksaroundtheworld, kindly visit http://www.catwalksaroundtheworld.com where you can find information detailing her every stop and performance as well as pictures and videos and provide details about her journey.