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US College Students Visit The Bahamas for Service Learning Projects


The Honourable Phenton Neymour, Minister of State for The Environment, talking to US students and a representative of the Department of Environmental Health Services at South Beach.

21 January 2009

Three groups of students from colleges and universities in the United States visited The Bahamas in early January to participate in service learning projects. On January 15th, a group of 30 students from Messiah College, Pennsylvania; Rockhurst University; Missouri; and The University of Maryland participated in a beach clean-up project in the area of the South Beach pools. The students were joined by representatives of the Department of Environmental Health Services who assisted them. The group of beach cleaners was also joined by Minister of State for The Environment, The Honourable Phenton Neymour, who expressed his appreciation to the students for their efforts.


Some students searching for broken glass at South Beach.

The Rockhurst group took on the beach clean-up at South Beach after a trip to Andros where they bushwhacked their way to clear tracks to blue holes and helped clear other existing paths. They also participated in a coastal clean up. The University of Maryland students began their project at South Beach and afterwards went to Andros and followed the Rockhurst group to the blue holes and along the coast.


Students from the three universities at Chapter One bookstore on their visit to The College after a day at South Beach.




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