International Volunteer Day 2010

December 5th was International Volunteer Day.  This year a boys home in Manchioneal was chosen.  There were over a 100 volunteers, mostly young people, and mostly Jamaicans, helping the boys home to plant plantain, hot pepper (scotch bonnets), and to help build a pig pen.  This will hopefully help to generate money for the home that takes care of 28 boys in Portland.  It was a pretty neat experience and the main speaker made a good point, "It is young people helping young people, thats the future of Jamaica", well put!  This country will only move forward if it learns (mostly the youth) that you must volunteer and help your fellow people.

The festivities also included, ofcourse, LOUD music and lots of dancing!  The only thing missing from this party (not really) was the overproof!