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Bequia Youth Reading Program
Turning Pages, Turning Lives
Children’s handwritten letters are decorated around the walls with messages of pure gratitude for “Mrs. Johnson’s reading club.”
“Who is this Mrs. Johnson and what’s her story?” is running through everyone’s mind after they leave that bathroom.
Well, that woman is Cheryl Johnson. She is a community leader, educator, and entrepreneur. She’s also quite busy, with two children, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, plus a restaurant and reading program to manage.
From adversity to advocacy, how one person’s devotion is changing children’s lives.
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A glimpse into the life of Cheryl Johnson
From growing up without her mother under British rule in Saint Vincent, being displaced after the 1970 volcano eruption, starting a preschool, moving to Bequia, and forming the reading club, her life has been a powerful journey of resilience and service.
“I believe that word is power.”
Centre for Sustainability PH
It Takes a Village to Save a Forest
Some people have meetings over Zoom, others trek for hours into remote rainforests to meet over coffee. KM Reyes does both. The Australian-Filipino woman and five other youth behind Centre for Sustainability PH spent two years going back and forth just to earn the trust of communities living in the forests of northern Palawan island, Philippines. A journey easier said than done.
She’s on a mission to protect the Philippines’ last 3% of primary rainforests.
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