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Caribbean Yard Campus is an educational enterprise that is designed to network traditional knowledge systems in the Caribbean.

Classes in Patois, Spanish, Backyard Gardening

Caribbean Yard Campus presents
its Dry Season Programme

Visit CUBA, ST LUCIA, CAURA

Conversational Spanish classes are linked to a tour of Cuba; conversational Kweyol classes are linked to a tour of St Lucia; while the hands-on gardening classes take place in the hills of Caura.

CLASSES:

NOU KA PALE PATWA (NOU KA ALE SENT LISI)

Learn some Trinidad patois as a living, culturally rich
member of a family of Caribbean languages.
Dates: Thursday 5th April to Saturday 23rd June
Times: Thursday 5 pm-7 pm, Sat 10 am-1 pm
Venue: Lloyd Best Institute, Tunapuna
Cost: $900
Optional extra trip to St Lucia (expenses separate)

VAMOS A CUBA

An introduction to Spanish language,
Cuban history, culture and cuisine.
This class can help people interested in visiting Cuba
for educational, medical, commercial, cultural or
purely recreational purposes.
Dates: Tuesday 3rd April to Saturday 23rd June
Times: Tues 10am – 12noon OR 5 – 7 pm, Sat 2 pm – 5 pm
Venue: Lloyd Best Institute, Tunapuna
Cost: $900
Optional extra trip to Cuba (expenses separate)

PLANTING PEOPLE

Learn gardening techniques and some simple projects
to make your backyard more productive and delicious.
Activities will include how to set up an integrated farm,
ecological crop management, craft use of plants, and
establishing community skills banks and business approaches
to empower and better organize self-help groups.
Dates: Saturday 7th April to Saturday 23rd June
Times: Saturday 8 am – 12 noon
Venue: Caura Valley
Cost: $900