I’m here in Jamaica through a company called Projects Abroad; a company that organise voluntary working holidays in placements throughout the world, on activities ranging from teaching to care to medicine to conservation. One of their major destinations is Jamaica, from where they run multiple projects in healthcare, teaching, sports, building, agriculture, and my own project – disaster management. Most of the projects run from Mandeville, Jamaica’s fifth largest city of around 50,000 people; whereas my project runs from Black River in the neighbouring parish of St Elizabeth, around an hour and a half from Mandeville and the Projects Abroad office.
Mandeville is crawling with students from around the world, working on a variety of projects for five days a week. Then on the weekends, they go travelling to some of the most beautiful destinations in Jamaica – Negril, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, and Montego Bay. They are the random young people seen in my photo albums on facebook – all here from various places for varying reasons and varying lengths of time. The whole experience is therefore very enriching: not only are we experiencing Jamaican culture, but meeting other young people from all over the world with their differing backgrounds and skills. Definitely a worthwhile and enlightening trip!
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