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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
INSPIRING THE YOUTH – Joseph Darville, education director for Save The Bays, announced that the fast-growing advocacy group will bring its environmental protection message to 60 youngsters as part of a new summer camp partnership.
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Save The Bays teams up with local library to inspire the next generation of conservationists
Nassau, Bahamas - Fast-growing advocacy group Save The Bays will share its conservation message with dozens of youngsters during a much anticipated summer camp in Grand Bahama.
The annual Sir Charles Hayward Children’s Library Summer Camp, now in its 19th installment, will run from June 30 to August 1 this year under the theme ‘It’s all about skills’.
“For the first time, the skills taught will include how to protect our vital natural resources,” said Save The Bays education director Joseph Darville.
“It will be an extraordinary camp featuring a multitude of activities. It is an excellent opportunity for us to further our mission of inspiring the next generation of environmental warriors.”
Darville said he and other seasoned Save The Bays education facilitators will conduct a series of environmental awareness sessions, placing particular emphasis on the importance of conservation to the future prosperity of the Bahamas.
The veteran educator and retired principal will also oversee the drug education component of the camp, along with several Bahamas National Drug Council drug-free ambassadors.
"I am very excited about this camp as it gives us the opportunity to carry on our critical mission through the entire year," said Darville. “We have already made incredible progress among young Bahamians, and this new partnership will give our efforts a huge boost.”
In its first year of existence, Save The Bays has reached 2,500 children around the Bahamas with its message that protecting the terrestrial and marine environment from unregulated development is critical to the social and economic future of the country.
In that short time, the burgeoning group has attracted more than 500 registered members and 14,000 friends and followers on Facebook.
A Save The Bays petition calling for an Environmental Protection Act, a Freedom of Information Act and an end to unregulated development has been signed by nearly 6,000 people to date.
The Sir Charles Hayward Children’s Library Summer Camp aims to help students enhance essential day-to-day skills necessary for them to learn and grow both academically and socially.
“Our aim is to cultivate within each child, a lifelong love for learning, but we want to provide this in a fun and unpressured environment, which is how most children learn best and express their creative abilities,” said library curator Geneva Rutherford.
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