Education for neglected children in the Seychelles

Cap Ternay Staff and Volunteers took part in a day of amazing challenges to raise funds and awareness for the Presidents Village children’s home. The Presidents village children’s home has been the charitable trust for GVI Seychelles for around 3 years, each quarter staff and volunteers organise a fund raising...

Over the last three years the GVI Seychelles Marine Expedition has built a close relationship with the Presidents Village Children’s Home based in Port Glaud. The Children’s Home provides food, clothing and a safe environment for up to sixty children ranging from a few months to 18 years old. Every two weeks...

As the 2012 Olympics took London by storm, the GVI Cap Ternay base was also in a sporting frenzy. Staff and Volunteers of the Seychelles Marine base took up the challenge of a sponsored beach Olympics with the aim of raising much needed funds for the Presidents Village Children’s home. The expedition members and...

In partnership with local NGO The Marine Conservation Society of the Seychelles (MCSS) GVI hosted a one day mangrove workshop for local school children.  The aim of the day was to introduce the children to the mangrove ecosystem and some of the threats facing them in the local area.  Eighteen children from local...

As the end of the expedition was approaching for twelve of the volunteers, an air of melancholy was descending upon the camp. And yet we had to turn any frowns upside down as Creole Day at the President’s Village was upon us. On a quarterly basis the volunteers join their forces to organise a very special day for the...

This week on Cap Ternay has seen a lot of adventure and excitement. Three of our group embarked on a challenging trek from Bel Ombre to our base on Cap Ternay, resulting in 9 hours of ‘Macheteing’ their way through the jungle on a reasonably unused track, which along with amazing scenery and views, left them...

On 22nd May 2012 the world celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity. This yearly event focuses on one area of biodiversity in the hopes of raising awareness and increasing practical action in local communities.  This year’s focus was ‘Marine Biodiversity’ which created a perfect...

We have been working with the President’s Village Children’s home for eighteen months.  Initially the focus was on taking the children for snorkel/swim sessions every few weeks. The children at the home are orphaned, neglected or abused and rarely get a chance to go into the ocean as many of their carers...

We would like to share the most recent trustee report from the GVI Charitable Trust. This report covers the six month period from July to December 2011. This has been by far the most successful period. In six months we have raised nearly as much as we did the whole previous year. This increase in funding has brought a...

Christmas is the time for giving although sadly for many neglected children gifts are not something which they will receive. For the children at the Presidents Village home we wanted to give them a practical treat to help them enjoy this time of year. GVI Seychelles Country Director explains: ‘The donation has had a...

On August the 18th and 19th GVI volunteers participated in a fundraising event inspired by the Amazing Race reality TV show.   For two days they battled it out, covering every inch of Mahe island in a desperate bid to complete their tasks and make it back to the Cap Ternay research base. They fought the elements as...

In May GVI staff and volunteers took to the water for a fundraising Snorkel Challenge. The weather had been unkind with strong winds whipping up the waves in the Conception channel. To make sure that the conditions were safe for snorkeling, 'Manta' our dive boat headed out early to take a look before radioing in that we...

Yesterday a group of GVI volunteers and staff decided to give some of the children some out of school fun. We met a group of ten children on the nearby Port Launay beach. Their ages ranged from four to twelve years old. We wanted to give them some more knowledge of their local area so taught them a short lesson on the...