​When I started to look for volunteering opportunities, I was mainly interested in projects focused on environmental actions and climate change. Apart from the actual work done within the project, it was important to me to choose an organization that was well established and transparent. RVA’s Climate Compliance Conference has been running for almost 10... READ MORE

Community living made me feel like I belong somewhere – Also because everyone is passionate. We are conscious about how we best can help each other and the community as well. Living in RVA was good because I had to clean, going to the garden and being in the kitchen. I got to meet new... READ MORE

Expectations vs reality for a student at RVA Before coming here, I had a very vague, unclear idea of what my life would be like for the next 6 months living in St. Vincent as a student at RVA. In fact, I made it a choice not to read the details of the program and... READ MORE

Apparently if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. Or maybe it is like this that if you love what you do enough, you’ll work every single moment of your life at it. I have been lucky enough to have known what I wanted in my life and... READ MORE

A coral restoration project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is reporting significant success, with more than 85% of the fragments transplanted so far surviving. Owen Day, executive director of CLEAR Caribbean, a not-for-profit organisation working in the Eastern Caribbean, explained that his organisation has been working in partnership with the Richmond Vale Academy... READ MORE

It might not seem like there is any link between having a water tank in one’s backyard and reducing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. “But, yes, a water tank can help you reduce your NCDs if you follow the path,” says Dr. Madhuvanti Murphy, a Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Research Methods at... READ MORE

Norwegian Ambassador to the Caribbean, Beate Stirø visited Richmond Vale Academy on Saturday 22 April, praising the team there, which includes several of her compatriots, for their contribution to sustainable development in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “This has been a very interesting visit and it is very exciting to see what the RVA team... READ MORE

Every action and every decision is taken involving the other members of the community. From the first moment, RVA guided us through its community living experience. Our routine included common actions for the school where we cleaned, fixed, or cooked together. Monthly, we took action during the building weekends to improve the infrastructure or the... READ MORE

Vincentians and other people interested in ecological gardening, such as backyard gardens, now have a new step-by-step handbook to help guide their efforts. Richmond Vale Academy (RVA) has released an online handbook on the subject, titled, “Guide to Ecological Gardening in St. Vincent and the Grenadines”. The book, which is in the public domain is... READ MORE

Richmond Vale Academy (RVA) is expanding its sustainable living campaign with the construction of grey water sand filter systems at five of the home gardens it has assisted Vincentian households in establishing. The objective is to strengthen capacities and awareness of communities in wastewater management, through technical training, and, among other things, group visits to... READ MORE

Why join the 10 Months program? Because you have the chance to find answers for many questions, let’s stop the ignorance and look at the world from a different angle. Put the problems on the table, let’s talk about inconvenient topics, let’s figure out together what we can do, make actions because we have enough... READ MORE

We have considered the different attitudes to slavery of the British Government, the British capitalists, the absentee British West Indian planters, and the British humanitarians. We have followed the battle of slavery in the home country. It would be a grave mistake, however, to treat the question as if it were merely a metropolitan struggle.... READ MORE