Comments for philippajacks.co.uk http://philippajacks.co.uk Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on ‘The fish can done’: a marine sanctuary project in Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay by | Bluefields Environmental Protection Association http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/01/the-fish-can-done-a-marine-sanctuary-project-in-jamaicas-bluefield-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-7162 | Bluefields Environmental Protection Association Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:23:15 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1212#comment-7162 [...] the financial support of Virgin Holidays, The Travel Foundation the Sandals Foundation and Bluefields Bay Villas, the Bluefields Bay [...] [...] the financial support of Virgin Holidays, The Travel Foundation the Sandals Foundation and Bluefields Bay Villas, the Bluefields Bay [...]

]]> Comment on ‘The fish can done’: a marine sanctuary project in Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay by Megan Smoot http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/01/the-fish-can-done-a-marine-sanctuary-project-in-jamaicas-bluefield-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 Megan Smoot Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:20:55 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1212#comment-4171 Wolde has puts so much positive energy into this project and the community, there's no doubt this will be a success!! I can't wait to see what the next years will bring. Wolde has puts so much positive energy into this project and the community, there’s no doubt this will be a success!! I can’t wait to see what the next years will bring.

]]> Comment on ‘The fish can done’: a marine sanctuary project in Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay by Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/01/the-fish-can-done-a-marine-sanctuary-project-in-jamaicas-bluefield-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 Pippa Jacks Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:46:56 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1212#comment-3435 Gill's Green Travel Guides video is now live! Watch it at: http://www.greentravelguides.tv/ Gill’s Green Travel Guides video is now live! Watch it at: http://www.greentravelguides.tv/

]]> Comment on ‘The fish can done’: a marine sanctuary project in Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay by Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/01/the-fish-can-done-a-marine-sanctuary-project-in-jamaicas-bluefield-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Pippa Jacks Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:34:26 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1212#comment-2076 Hi Gill, Great! Can't wait to see the video! Hi Gill,
Great! Can’t wait to see the video!

]]> Comment on ‘The fish can done’: a marine sanctuary project in Jamaica’s Bluefields Bay by Gill Williams http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/01/the-fish-can-done-a-marine-sanctuary-project-in-jamaicas-bluefield-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 Gill Williams Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:53:12 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1212#comment-2055 greentravelguides.tv is right here, right now making a new video about this project for the Travel Foundation. The good news is that since the sanctuary was created in 2009 the fish have started to come back, inside and outside the boundaries. greentravelguides.tv is right here, right now making a new video about this project for the Travel Foundation. The good news is that since the sanctuary was created in 2009 the fish have started to come back, inside and outside the boundaries.

]]> Comment on Contact Me / Messageboard by Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Pippa Jacks Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:33:38 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1928 Hi Therese, thanks for getting in touch - the First Hand Experiences sound fantastic. Do you have any further info you can send me? There aren't many other charities offering holidays of this nature, are there? For greentraveller, we do focus on non-flying holidays which makes it tricker to cover this there (unless volunteers have travelled by rail?). I'm on philippa AT philippajacks.co.uk Hi Therese, thanks for getting in touch – the First Hand Experiences sound fantastic. Do you have any further info you can send me? There aren’t many other charities offering holidays of this nature, are there? For greentraveller, we do focus on non-flying holidays which makes it tricker to cover this there (unless volunteers have travelled by rail?). I’m on philippa AT philippajacks.co.uk

]]> Comment on Contact Me / Messageboard by Therese Bjorn http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Therese Bjorn Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:29:41 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1920 Hi Philippa, Took the liberty to send you a message via your blog. Hope this is okay. I see that you both cover volunteering on Greentraveller and your own site here. I was wondering if you would consider covering ActionAid's First Hand Experiences, which is an active volunteering holiday. ActionAid used to take participants on treks such as walking along the Great Wall of China, but we found that the one day of visiting an ActionAid project was by far the most rewarding part of the trip. We now offer people wanting a holiday with a difference to take part in our First Hand Experiences – trips where participants get stuck in working with the local community. For instance, in Nepal participants sign up to help former slaves build their own homes. As well as the moral rewards and exotic setting away from mass tourism it is an active vacation, as participants work alongside the Kamaiya people bricklaying. Unbelievably, the former slaves, some 39,000, were released in 2000 from a centuries-old bonded labour system and given plots of land from the government, but no other help to kick-start their news lives in freedom. It was not unusual for the bonded labourers to toil for 19 hours a day with insufficient food for themselves and their families. We also have a trip to India coming up in November that gives participants a mixed view of India by first taking on a trip in the Himalayas followed by the very difference experience of renovating a shelter for homeless adults and street kids in Delhi. Let me know your thoughts Best, Therese Hi Philippa,

Took the liberty to send you a message via your blog. Hope this is okay.

I see that you both cover volunteering on Greentraveller and your own site here.

I was wondering if you would consider covering ActionAid’s First Hand Experiences, which is an active volunteering holiday. ActionAid used to take participants on treks such as walking along the Great Wall of China, but we found that the one day of visiting an ActionAid project was by far the most rewarding part of the trip. We now offer people wanting a holiday with a difference to take part in our First Hand Experiences – trips where participants get stuck in working with the local community. For instance, in Nepal participants sign up to help former slaves build their own homes. As well as the moral rewards and exotic setting away from mass tourism it is an active vacation, as participants work alongside the Kamaiya people bricklaying. Unbelievably, the former slaves, some
39,000, were released in 2000 from a centuries-old bonded labour system and given plots of land from the government, but no other help to kick-start their news lives in freedom. It was not unusual for the bonded labourers to toil for 19 hours a day with insufficient food for themselves and their families.
We also have a trip to India coming up in November that gives participants a mixed view of India by first taking on a trip in the Himalayas followed by the very difference experience of renovating a shelter for homeless adults and street kids in Delhi.

Let me know your thoughts

Best,

Therese

]]> Comment on Greentraveller: Top 10 wildflower hotspots by James http://philippajacks.co.uk/2011/03/greentraveller-top-10-wildflower-hotspots/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 James Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:46:17 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?p=1296#comment-1890 I'm inspired... so will take advantage of being down at my parents' this weekend by going for a walk in the forest down the road. The wood anemones should be out by now and it ought to be lovely. :-) I’m inspired… so will take advantage of being down at my parents’ this weekend by going for a walk in the forest down the road. The wood anemones should be out by now and it ought to be lovely. :-)

]]> Comment on Contact Me / Messageboard by Pippa Jacks http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Pippa Jacks Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:45:45 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1519 Hi Andrew I certainly didn't omit you intentionally - it's just that I was with representatives of the other three organisations when I visited Bluefields Bay last week! I've added a mention of Bluefields Bay Villas into my blog post. Thanks for getting in touch - I wish the project every success. Hi Andrew
I certainly didn’t omit you intentionally – it’s just that I was with representatives of the other three organisations when I visited Bluefields Bay last week! I’ve added a mention of Bluefields Bay Villas into my blog post. Thanks for getting in touch – I wish the project every success.

]]> Comment on Contact Me / Messageboard by Andrew Moncure http://philippajacks.co.uk/contact-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Andrew Moncure Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:53:43 +0000 http://philippajacks.co.uk/?page_id=125#comment-1518 I believe that it is not fair to mention sponsors of the wonderful fish sanctuary in Bluefields Bay without mentioning that Bluefields Bay Villas has also been a large financial supporter. We have funded the patrols since the programs inception. We would like to be included in being mentioned. Wolde can confirm our active role in this project. I believe that it is not fair to mention sponsors of the wonderful fish sanctuary in Bluefields Bay without mentioning that Bluefields Bay Villas has also been a large financial supporter. We have funded the patrols since the programs inception. We would like to be included in being mentioned. Wolde can confirm our active role in this project.

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