Dominica - Save the Children Fund...Update...!!!

Dominica Save the Children Fund NEEDS A DESKTOP COMPUTER URGENTLY...!!!

Dear ALL:

In a effort to build on our fund raising activities, The Dominica Save the Children Fund desperately needs a replacement desk top computer. Their PC died - hard drive bit the dust! Cannot be fixed.

Many of you have expressed a wish to sponsor children in DA and some have expressed the need for a online donation webpage. None of this can happen without a computer.

Keep in mind, those of you in the US - this donation is a tax writeoff !
Better give it to a useful cause than Uncle Sam! :)

Any help received in this department will be greatly appreciated.

Please contact me for more information. 615-207-1816 or kierahelpskids@comcast.net

God Bless

Posted by: Sandy Valentine
Courtesy of: Dominican Diaspora

Dominica Save the Children Fund Blog Archive
Dominica Save the Children Fund Blog Archive

Dominica Place of Safety - Update...!!!

Latest Update 17/12/08

The most recent information on the Dominica Place of Safety is:

• We now have a Project Coordinating Team is in place, comprised of government officials, a construction team and development stakeholders.
• A contractor has been selected to complete build of the facility
• We have begun to source a builder to complete the retaining wall (a wall to stop landslides, flooding, etc.)
• We have received the first tranche of funding of approximately £19,000 from the Government of Canada for a bus for the children of the Place of Safety.

Please donate to this important project and support Action for Children in helping the most vulnerable children for as long as it takes.

Dominica Place of Safety
Justgiving Dominica Place of Safety

More Things To Love About Dominica

This last 3 weeks have just flown by, and one of the best things is that we just keep finding more and more lovely things about living here. The whole village seems to have taken us under their wing. Everyone is genuinely friendly and very proud that we love Dominica. Toucarie is a quiet spot and being on the Caribbean side of the island we avoid all the wild weather of the Atlantic side.


Travel Blog

Courtesy of: Andrew & Kate Thorley

What Can You Do In 3 Weeks In Dominica

We arrived from St Lucia by ferry at 10 p.m. and our hire car was nowhere to be seen. An hour and a half (and an expensive taxi ride) later we were at the house with no water and no electricity. It was Sunday night and the next 2 days were public holidays - 30th anniversary of independence - so no hope of going anywhere or getting anything done.


Travel Blog

Courtesy of: Andrew & Kate Thorley

Dominica - Travel Adventure

Need some sunshine? Head to Dominica...

Seattle is so dreary this time of year. Even with everyone's attempt to brighten up the city with pretty lights, it's still dark at 4:30 PM.

It's days like this and the coming weeks that often have me dreaming of warmer, sunnier climes. So this week on WhitneyandWyatt.com we posted a show about the lovely little Caribbean island of Dominica

If you like travel to off the beaten track places, Dominica is sure to please. Check it out below. Wyatt



Seattle PI

Posted by: Wyatt Bardouille
Courtesy of: WhitneyandWyatt.com

Baroness Scotland will be UK Ambassador to USA

PM Gordon Brown is to send Britain’s first black woman Attorney General to work alongside Barack Obama as our next US Ambassador.

The News of the World has learned Baroness Scotland will move to Washington to take over the prized diplomatic post in the new year.

She will replace Sir Nigel Sheinwald, who infuriated Obama with a leaked letter to Downing Street in which he CRITICISED the President-elect and warned of a likely clash of views with the UK over Iran.

News of the World
Wikipedia

Beautiful Dominica

Dominica the beautiful caribbean island...


Courtesy of: Life on St Kitts

Dominica - Meeting All Expectations - Sue's View

The Adamo Adventure: Dominica...


Courtesy of: Adamo Crew

Dominica (Salisbury) - Why We Need YOUR Help!

The Salisbury Enhancement Committee (SEC) would like to extend its deepest appreciation to those who assisted in one way or another on all the projects throughout the village on Community Day of Service. We especially applaud those who turned up to assist with the project at the bayside, and those who were able to initiate their own projects in their respective areas within the community.

We see the need to continue the various projects and is therefore seeking the assistance of the general public especially the motorists, to complete the road projects. Our goal is to raise funds for the purchase of at least 200 bags of cement to complete, and assist with the various projects around the community.

Courtesy of: Bawi Link Up (SEC)

Dominica (Salisbury) - A Well Supported Community Day Of Service: November 4th, 2008

On the day designated by the government as “National Community Day of Service”, more than 46 individuals from the community turned out to lend their support to efforts to rehabilitate the road leading from the highway to the bay side commonly known as “Batty Bay”.



The road, which is used by sea bathers, basketballers, fishermen, and mourners had been in a deplorable state due to Work in progresswear and tear, and water damage. The culverts, which were intended to prevent the flow of water over the road had for a long time remained blocked, as a result, forcing water to flow over the road. All of this was compounded by the excess growth of shrubbery along the sides of the road, making access to the area increasingly difficult.

Bawi Link Up

Courtesy of: Bawi Link Up (SEC)
Posted by: Jodie Shillingford, (SEC) Salisbury Enhancement Committee

Commonwealth of Dominica E-Book

The Nature Island

Photo's Courtesy of: Mikael Lavogiez
Writing by: Anna Brones

It's all go in the Rainforests of Dominica

Would Tom Cruise choose to take a mud bath? His Hollywood hair and Rodeo Drive wardrobe couldn't cope with such squalor, right? Wrong. And Dave, a Dominican who divides his time between farming the land and taking visitors out into the private rainforest estate that surrounds his bright-yellow home, was eager to prove the point to me, leafing through a worn photo album to show me snaps of Cruise caked in thick mud.

The Independent
The Independent