Thanks to Junior Achievement leaders

Leaders of the Bahamas Junior Achievement and high school teachers mentored Cat Island youth in transforming their dreams into a future reality.

2019 Earth Day Competition Winners

Congratulations to the 21 primary school art competition winners who will be going to Summer Safari, 20 junior high school winners of the essay competition who will be going to Bahamas Plastic Camp and 7 winners of the Best Business Plan who will be going to BNT’s Eco Camp in Andros and Cultural Exchange in Washington DC.

Orange Creek Primary assists in first collection of cans from north of Cat Island

Orange Creek primary students recycled their soda cans for the first can collection. Two full sugar bags will be send today a to Cans 4 Kids Nassau where the aluminum will be sold and the proceeds directed to Cat Island youth summer camps. Bins were very clean.

Many thanks to everyone who brought in their cans, The New G Mailboat, Cans 4 Kids and our sponsor and GEF.

Cat Island Recycling Depots are Launched!

Recycling bins

There are now 9 Recycling Depots at the following locations. For now, we are collecting only clean, squished aluminum cans. The cans will be transported courtesy of the New G Mailboat to Cans For Kids in Nassau where the aluminum will be pressed and sold for reuse. Proceeds will go to defray our cost and fund summer school program.

BRING YOUR ALUMINUM CANS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DEPOTS

Orange Creek Grocery, Orange Creek

Arthur’s Town High School, Arthur’s Town

Yardies, Bennetts Harbor

Alvernia Foods, Smith Bay

Cultural Village, New Bight

Favors Service Centre, Old Bight

Old Bight High School, Old Bight

A.J’s. One Stop Shop Convenience Store, Port Howe

Cat Island Unites to keep it clean, green and pristine!!

The students of the Discovery Club at Old Bight Primary School, Orange Creek Discovery Club and Arthur’s Town High School demonstrated that they are environmental ambassadors and that cleanup time can also be fun time.  On Saturday, October 6, 2018, they did an excellent job collecting plastics, bottles, paper and other discarded rubbish which had accumulated on the beach in New Bight and Arthur’s Town.  This exercise sent a clear message that the students care about the environment and are doing their part to stop littering and wish for everyone to help them maintain a clean and pristine island.  

Principal Olivia King and Acting Principal Willette Rolle thanked Cat Island United for its continued support and sponsorship of the Discovery Club Program which is positively impacting the learning and development of children in Cat Island. 

Cat Islanders Petition to Reopen Arthur’s Town Airport

Arthur’s Town Airport has been temporarily closed for repairs and a petition launched by concerned Cat Islanders that the required repairs be undertaken the airport be reopened before the tourist season.

6 Marine Protected Areas Proposed for Cat Island

Alligator Creek Marine Protected Area

The Bahamas Protected Project reached Cat Island this year with six marine protected areas proposed following a “rapid environmental assessment” conducted by Bahamas National Trust and consultations with Cat Islanders. The areas will be zoned for multiple use including catch and release fly fishing, small scale and subsistence fishing, recreational scuba diving and harvesting of land crabs.

• North Cat Island: (159,724 acres); Encompassing Port Royal, Orange Creek and the waters around Little San Salvador

• Alligator Creek (3,627 acres)

• Fernandez Bay & Joe Sound/Armbrister Creek (24,133 acres),

• Hawksnest Creek (18,543 acres),

• Cutlass Bay Creek (4,257 acres)

• Columbus Point (28,015 acres).