Thanks to Queens College Secondary
School that made a great effort to pack the Easter 2009 Make
Jesus Smile shoeboxes for the Maroons in Suriname.
The Maroons created their own independent
communities which in some cases have survived for centuries
and until recently remained separate from mainstream society.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Maroon communities began to
disappear as forests were razed, although some countries, such
as Guyana and Suriname, still have large Maroon populations
living in the forests. Recently, many Maroons have moved to
cities and towns as the process of urbanization accelerates.<
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These shoeboxes filled with a selection
of new and used toys and games will be taken over to Suriname
after Easter by Jenny Tryhane Founder of UCT and will be taken
into the interior for two Children's Outreach parties. Using
the Kids EE program to bring the Salvation message.
Queen's College is a public secondary school in Barbados that was established in 1883. It is a multi-racial school with students drawn from a wide cross-section of the Barbadian community. It comprises eleven departments in which approximately thirty-three subject areas are taught
