DIARY OF A SHIPPING CLERK - VOLUME 1 IBD

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A memoir documenting a rollercoaster ride of ups, downs, difficulties, disasters, stresses and successes in the work of a former teacher with a dream to transform classrooms all over the world.In this diary - with great good humour and with present-day observations made with hindsight - David Miles-Hanschell documents tireless efforts to improve lives.ááHurricane Ivan struck the island of Grenada in the West Indies on Tuesday, 7 September 2004, causing widespread destruction. As well as creating devastation to individual lives, the category three storm wrecked power lines, healthcare, agriculture, and business from tourism - and only two of the countryâÇÖs 75 public schools remained undamaged.ááVolume One of The Diary of a Shipping Clerk gives an account of David Miles-HanschellâÇÖs first endeavours to deliver ocean freight containers of salvaged, fit-for-purpose, surplus-to-requirements educational resources to three Grenada Government Schools (Grand Roy, Calliste and St PaulâÇÖs) that had been devastated by the hurricane. David soon discovered that this was just a 'tiny drop in the bucket of need', and so was determined to see if he could organise more shipments to the islandâÇÖs schools.áThus began several years of dedication - aided by countless individuals - to transporting unwanted but useable school supplies from Scotland to schools all over the world desperate for such items.áááHis work has transformed numerous classrooms in many countries over the years.