Actions, Challenges & Lessons Learnt

(Las acciones, desafos y lecciones aprendidas)

About St. Lucia

Where is St. Lucia?

 Size: 238 sq. miles, 27 miles long and 14 miles wide

Main Economic Income Generator: Tourism

Population: 176,000
Mostly populated along the coast of the island, while inland remain forest reserve. The island has a very mountainous terrain. Lets Do It St. Lucia activities was coordinated by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network. Most of the countrys solid waste are plactics and their by-products

SO WHY CLEAN UP?

CLEAN UP LOCATIONS

Budget & Sponsorship

Sponsors

Marketing and Communications

Press Launch- Lets Do It St. Lucia

Media

TV & Internet Commercial

Clean Up Day Actions

Follow Up Activities

 Awards & Appreciation Evening; to recognize sponsors, participants and prize winners.
Team who collected the most unique items (Prize: $250 to start a small green project) Essay Competition (Prize: Kindle)

Challenges & Lessons Learnt

Challenages
Creating an awareness of the problem in the country and mobilizing them to be a part of the movement

Sourcing additional funding

Building up a team of volunteers to help coordinate the activity Team Management- Defination of tasks/responsiblities of members of the coordinating team Skills to use to various tools made available Time Management

Lessons Learnt
Effective time management
Its better to do the right thing slowly than the wrong thing quickly. Peter Turla

Team management
Learn from the challenges of those who have gone before you

Workshop
~Ice Breaker: Team-Building~

Develop and present in a creative format a way forward to deal with the following topics, using the experiences from our various countries (20 mins)
Group 1- Marketing: Making the brand your own Group 2- Finance/Sponsorship Group 3- Working in a diverse team Group 4- Working with obstacles in your path

Thank You Muchas Gracias