WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO – After my snorkeling tour since it was a one-on-one session I had gotten to know the tour guide who told me a bit about his charity work he was doing for a local school after learning that I work in grocery and at a community grocery store in social media. I do not think it’s a coincidence that I met him and my boss loved his story. After raising the initial money for the school to restore it and rebuild the kitchen he is doing a heritage/cultural challenge by kayaking from Amsterdam to Curacao since that is how his family came over to the island. This school is for children from broken, abusive, and toxic families and is working on turning it also into an oasis for them to escape. He wants me to help with the social media promotion part on his challenge so it could lead to a paid gig. But this story/experience certainly fits under the ‘realize’ category of my blog! Below are the pics from a brief tour of the school and meeting the principle. 

Kolegio Nechi Pieters is a Roman Catholic school and comes under the Central Roman Catholic School Board Foundation (RKCS). The school was founded in 1977 and is located in the Buena Vista district. The school was first called “Santa Martha School”. In February 1977 the Roman Catholic School Board changed the name to “Jozef Cornelius Nechi Pieters” or Nechi Pieters. The name chosen for a school is that of a talented teacher who has worked in education for more than 40 years. Besides being a teacher, Nechi is also a gifted painter. The choice of the Roman Catholic School Board to rename the Santa Martha school in Kolegio Nechi Pieters is related to the fact that Nechi Pieters was a good example for children and to keep remembering him as a a good teacher and painter.