For educators, parents, and professionals who want to help reimagine education in the Caribbean

A Village School Framework

to Raise Caribbean Leaders

Coming September 2025:
An innovative approach to curriculum delivery, where culture, leadership, and community come together to help children lead from right where they are.

Whether you give, share, or join hands—we invite you to be part of this transformation

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Why we can't wait any longer

For decades we've been changing the curriculum, but not the delivery method and getting the same abysmal results. The Village School Framework changes that by focusing on curriculum delivery.

FAILED SEA 

Local Primary School Exam Results 2024

FAILED to get full
CSEC Certificate

Regional Secondary School Exam Results (June 2024)

"A child who is not embraced by the village,
will burn it down to feel its warmth" 
African Proverb
     
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Transforming
traditional classrooms

into vibrant villages of learning where every child matters!

  • Students design and lead projects that matter to them
  • Children connect with cultural practitioners and community leaders
  • Learning comes alive through real-world projects
Every TT$100 helps one child design a project that solves a real problem in their community. Will you power the next young leader?

Mapping the impact 
at every level

🎓Enriching individual learners

🏫 Transforming classrooms
🤝 Strengthening local connections
🌟Scaling success nationwide
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Caribbean Leadership is

Multilingual | Cultural | Personal 

"[T]he future way forward for the peoples of the Caribbean
must be one which would impel them to start making their own history,
to be the subjects rather than the objects of history"
Eric Williams, 1970
     

Learning from our Past
Learning from our Culture

  • “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture, is like a tree without roots.”

Marcus Garvey

  • "The only cure will be a transformation of the whole society, and an entirely new knowledge order altogether—otherwise we will remain trapped in this."

Sylvia Wynter

  • "A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom."

Claudia Jones

  • "If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves."

Marcus Garvey

Our team

Meet the Core Team

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01 Lead Coordinator 

Ms. Isabel Dennis

Driven by her mission to create a safe and just world in community with others and over a decade of experience in community building, cultural exploration and alternative learning systems, Doctoral Candidate, Isabel Dennis will guide each session to support learners to develop their leadership, communication skills and confidence through culture.

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02 Research Coordinator

Ms. Cecile Pemberton

With over two decades as a researcher, analyst and, most recently, as project manager for research projects, Cecile Pemberton is skilled at leading research teams, planning logistics and fieldwork, analyzing data, and writing, editing and presenting reports and findings. 

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03 Language Coordinator

Elizabeth Dennis

With a vision of connecting Trinidad and Tobago with Latin America, Elizabeth Dennis is a bilingual educator that has over three decades of experience. She combines her passion for education with a deep understanding of diverse learning needs to create learning environments that encourage the love of language through culture.
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Supporting the village

collaborating with school leadership, the parents, the teaching staff as well as the non-teaching staff from design to implementation 

Your gift—large or small—lets us train teachers, equip children, and track impact. Click below to keep the circle turning.

The Village School Framework Pilot

Join the Village

By embracing every child, strengthening community-school relationships and transforming our schools!
In cash or kind.
All funds go directly to materials, teacher training, and community stipends for the 2025-26 pilot cohort.
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