Day 4 at Treak Community School

I feel like the students have turned a corner today. There is a sense that they're feeling quite at home in the school and with each other. They are developing an understanding of the rhythms of each day, and the heat, which - while a significant challenge - is something we're all becoming more accustomed to just being here. Today I wish to introduce Salin; the director of Treak and the wife of Michael, who is the CEO of ConCERT (Connecting Commuity, Environment and Responsible Tourism); a dynamic woman whose heart is for her community and who is constantly attempting to find new ways to make the lives of people around her better. Among the many initiatives Salin has developed to empower local people, one is "Treak Creations", where she trains women to make a range of garments and items to sell online. This provides jobs, and proceeds then go to the school. Most of us have engaged her services for made-to-order garments. Please visit the website to see more: https://www.treakcreations.org/ Our evening meal was at Haven Restaurant, another social enterprise dedicated to training children who grew up under the care of programs and for whom there is little future once their program ends at 18. Graduates finish their training with chef or front-of-house skills and many now work in top quality hotels. The final image is of Kirsty and I wearing our new wrap-dresses at Haven with the beautiful Salin.Read more