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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña [House of the boy and girl] |
Three ever-enthusiastic students. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
ESL volunteer Linda Scarlett-Hauk with one of her Casa students. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
ESL Volunteer Samantha Lewis with her Casa students during farewell fiesta. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Mimi with Casa students during farewell fiesta. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
Lush vegetation thrives in every nook and cranny. |
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| At the Mi Alegre Pelota day care centre |
A chance to chat with day care kids. |
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| At the Mi Alegre Pelota day care centre |
Day care students snacking during recess. |
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| At the Escuela Taller [Workshop School] |
High school graduates enroll in this institution to learn the arts and crafts necessary to authentically restore the ancient buildings of Old Havana. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Casa students with Mimi during outdoor English lesson on the playground. |
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| At the Angela Landa primary school |
Trying not to distract students during class. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
Ten of thousands of hectares have been restored to its original jungle-like state: 30 years ago these mountain where devoid of vegetation because of charcoal production. |
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| On the Malecón at the divide between Central Havana and Old Havana. |
A gorgeous view of the Morro Castle that guarded ancient Havana against pirate attacks and foreign invasion. |
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| At the Farmers Market in the Vedado neighborhood |
Stalls offer fresh produce daily at very reasonable prices. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Camera break during English lesson. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Rosita Sardiñas is the dynamic founder and headmistress of the Casa. As well, she's a beacon of innovation and progress in her Cayo Hueso community. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Young Art school student and frequent Casa visitor and his beautiful drawing. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
A view of the lake at the base of Rancho Curujey village. |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
Students master a minimum of two foreign languages during their tenure at FLEX. They go on to serve as translators and interpreters at home and abroad. |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
Salsa demonstration during class fiesta on "Students Day." |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
Clearly Cuban youth are not camera shy. |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
At work, responding to letters from Nova Scotia children. |
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| In Old Havana |
A boy and his dog! |
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| At the University of Havana |
ESL volunteers Linda Scarlett-Hauk, Ellie Lau and Mimi Champagne at the entrance to the University of Havana. This famed statue is called Alma Mater. |
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| At the University of Havana's Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
Students display a letter from a Nova Scotia child and write their response. |
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| At the Angela Landa primary school in Habana Vieja [Old Havana] |
Greeting sign welcomes visitors. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
Always ready to ham it up for the camera. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community west of Havana |
Coffee bean drying terraces "terrazas" at the ruins of a French coffee plantation established in 1801. All of the labor was performed by slaves. |
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| At the Mi Alegre Pelota day care centre in a southern suburb of the city of Havana |
Toddlers gather around toy stove. |
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| At the Mi Alegre Pelota day care center |
Day care children trying to catch bubbles blown by their teacher. |
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| At the Angela Landa primary school |
Cots are rolled out every afternoon for younger students to nap. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
ESL Cuba Volunteer Gordon Steidl of Black Creek (Vancouver Island), British Columbia demonstrates boxing moves when not teaching English. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
A quiet moment with our ESL guide Idania Morero. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
A view of the Río Bayates flowing through the jungles of Las Terrazas. |
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| At Las Terrazas eco-community |
View of the rural village called Rancho Curujey. The community self-sustaining and thrives based on eco-friendly agriculture, forestry and tourism. |
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| At the Farmers Market in the Vedado neighborhood |
Fresh produce from local urban organic plots is sold to Habaneros. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
A student learns from Mimi how to teach a neighbourhood dog commands in English. |
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| At the Casa del niño y de la niña |
ESL Volunteers Ellie Lau and Mimi with students during a serious lesson. |
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| At the Angela Landa primary school |
Class size is limited. Teacher to student ratio is one to fifteen. |
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| At a University of Havana Sports stadium |
FLEX students, professors and ESL volunteers gather at a stadium on "Sports Day." |
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| At the Angela Landa primary school |
At an evening street reception for ESL volunteers organized by a CDR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) Children perform songs, recite poetry and teach us about Che. |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
English students display a letter written to them by a Nova Scotia child. |
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| At a University of Havana Sports stadium |
At a University of Havana Sports stadium FLEX students dressed in team colours during "Sports Day." |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
Another letter from Nova Scotia! |
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| At a University of Havana Sports stadium |
Abundant smiles every time you point a camera. |
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| At the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FLEX) |
ESL Cuba Volunteers here with their University of Havana students. |
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| On Havana's Malecón seawall |
Returning to the hotel after a Sunday in Old Havana. |
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| At the Escuela Taller |
Students catalog potshards and learn repair techniques. |
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