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Below are pictures from the Cherokee All Age School's trip to Eleuthra from June 3rd - 5th. ABR's contribution to the school helped fund the trip.

Glass Window Bridge

Looking NW over the flats on the one lane bridge and SE over dramatic cliffs and open ocean. At this point in Eleuthra, just north of Gregory Town, the island is almost breached by high tide. The bridge over the window has suffered damaged from many hurricanes in recent years. Principal Ms. Lowe, in the purple shirt & floral skirt, explained that the widest point on Eleuthera is only 1 mile. 

Preacher's Cave

Entrance to Preachers Cave.Tiffany 'preaching' at the podium inside. The largest of many skylights inside the cave.  This cave is located near the north tip of Eleuthera at the end of a rocky road. Loyalist shipwrecked on the Devil's Backbone found refuge here and held sermons on Sundays starting at 10am.

Harbour Island

Thanks to Steve & Desmond for  springing for 3 golf carts to tour Briland. Harbour Island, a 10 minute ferry ride ENE of Eleuthera is known to be very warm, as most of the islands settlement on the west side of the island in the lee of the beach's ridge. So the Cherokee School caravan stayed cool from each corner of this outer cay. 

We were looking forward to riding horses on the beach and found the stables advertising beach rides, but no one or any horses were home. The caravan found the above horse touring the island himself.

The pool at the Cigatoo Quality Inn was a highpoint. More thanks go to the staff for their help and to the fellow guests for sharing the pool.

ABR is very grateful to the following local businesses for donating items and services. Their generosity ensures every dollar raised went to the beneficiaries and not to administrative costs.

Pete's 11th Annual 50th Birthday Party will be held on Saturday, February 12th at Pete's Pub in the heart of downtown Little Harbour. To add significance to this day, Abaco Barefoot Relief , a non-profit relief organization, will conduct auctions and sell drinks to benefit Tsunami survivors and Abaco Education. A local cast of characters will be conducting the auction of Camille's Pies, Bronze Sculpture, Gold Jewelry and other donated treasures. Leigh is busy concocting a Tsunami Rum Punch and Tidal Jell-O shots.  Proceeds from these auctions and Leigh's Libations will be donated in full to; Doctors without Borders, Habitat for Humanity and Abaco Barefoot Relief. We researched these organizations extensively and believe that the work they do is fair, non-discriminatory and generous.The Better Business Bureau gives them high ratings for their work and how they spend their donations. 

www.doctorswithoutborders.org  

Providing Medical Relief Worldwide - Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors Without Borders or MSF) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation. 

Voices in the Field is a weblog from actual volunteering doctors in country describing their days. All of these are very moving and interpret the kind of logistical and selfless diligence it takes to volunteer.

www.habitat.org 

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization.
They welcome all people to join us as they build simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter.
Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 175, 000 houses, providing shelter for nearly 900,000 people worldwide. Now at work in 100 countries, they are building a house every 26 minutes. By 2005, Habitat houses will be sheltering 1 million people.

Habitat publishes a weekly report on their response efforts in the affected countries. The report has detailed and current information. 

For questions on how to donate, please contact Heather at 366-3503.