Learning to Live

A Village School Initiative

to Raise Caribbean Leaders

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Caribbean Leadership is

Multilingual | Cultural | Personal 

"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

Mapping the impact 
at every level

🎓Enriching individual learners

🏫 Transforming classrooms
🤝 Strengthening local connections
🌟Scaling success nationwide
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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 

"[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.
The Village School Pilot

Secure our collective future

By embracing every child, strengthening community-school relationships and transforming our schools!
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