COCA COLA Life My father was eccentric in many respects; he ate strawberries covered in pepper, and he always let the fizz out of Coca-Cola before drinking…
BOOK WORMS Life David and my mother share a passion for books. They devour them. This Christmas my mother gave David a fascinating book she had just…
FOOD BANK FINALE Life These tees shirts that we wore yesterday, designed by @felix3 will forever remind us of how this community came together to support one another. But now with…
Christmas Eve Life By Christmas Eve we were back in Abaco. 3 of my kids came with me. We were shocked to see parts of the island…
HESTER BLY Design As we reached the end of 2019 I had stood in my garden and watched fireworks going off, and all I could think was…
SIX MONTHS LATER Life It’s incredible to think the seven of us were locked down for six months. In that time we learnt to cook, bake and decorate.…
BREADWINNERS Life Part of the Food Bank strategy has been, where possible, to source and encourage the resurgence of local business, and to this end the…
LOCKDOWN Life I laid the table. I didn’t do my hair or put on make-up or change out of my work-out clothes but I laid the…
2,000 ORANGES and 1,600 LOO ROLLS Life Over 2,000 oranges, 700 cans of tuna, 3,000 lbs of grits and 1,600 loo rolls are now distributed each weekend. Just to name a…
Harbour Island FOOD BANK Life The island is in blazing full bloom. Except not quite. With the closure of the country comes the loss of tourism, the lifeblood of…
UNFASTEN THE EASTER WEEKEND Life Good Friday. A holy day. A day of hot cross buns. A day that unfastens the Easter weekend. On Easter day in the Bahamas…
JUST THE START Life The little island went under a 24hr-curfew. We can see the beach, we just can’t go to the beach. Bond is very confused, as…
WOW 2020 Life We all roared into 2020 laughing and smiling, excited to see what this new fresh year was going to bring us. Wow, were we…
New Year’s Eve Events New Year would be filled with light and sunshine for much of the Bahamas, except for those islands and families hit hard by the…
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES Life After a few intense weeks and months working between several non-profit foundations I came home to England where I stopped and smelt the roses for…
GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION Life There are so many other stories, like the chap who wrapped his arms around a palm tree, in one hand he held onto his…
IDEA Relief Life “Rum and rain” said one chap when asked what he had been surviving on during the long days after the hurricane, stranded alone on…
COURAGE AND INNOCENCE Life Of course it’s their stories that are so remarkable- and their courage- and in the case of the children, their innocence. “Where are your…
DESPAIR IS A LOATHSOME BEAST Life The disaster agencies and relief teams are now firmly in place on Abaco and so the small evacuee effort here moves onto the Berry…
THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT Events I expected to see what I saw. Dehydrated babies, dazed kids, angry men, exhausted grandmothers, we have all seen pictures of what packed evacuee…