This project was perhaps one of the most successful yet complex projects implemented by CYEN. The project was significantly an education and awareness project for children which evolved into a policy influencing project by young people. It was implemented in two phases, with phase one including a Green Education Summer Camp for children living with their families in marginalized urban and peri-urban areas; and phase 2, the preparation of a CYEN Declaration on CC for signatures by the public, the presentation of same to the GOSL for delivery at the Samoa Conference on SIDS in 2014 and the organization and convening of a national lecture on CC in SIDS.

This project achieved the following:

(i) organized a Summer Education Camp for 100 children in the North and South of Saint Lucia during which the children learned about biodiversity, pollution, recycling and Climate Change;

(ii) planted over 100 trees with the members of the Summer Camp;

(iii) prepared a children's environmental declaration in English and Kwéyòl which was submitted to the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia;

(iv) trained over 12 members of CYEN in effective communications with the media and approximately 20 members in the basics of project management and implementation;

(v) convened a national lecture on CC and SIDS under the distinguished patronage of the Governor General of Saint Lucia (Head of State) during which over 200 persons attended. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Roger Pulwarty who is one of the authors of the Fifth Inter-Governmental Panel Report on CC; and

(vi) drafted, finalised and offered the first youth Declaration on Climate Change for signatures among the citizens of Saint Lucia. The Declaration attracted 2000 signatures and was presented to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology in a public ceremony. The Declaration was referenced by the Minister at the SIDS Conference in Samoa in September 2014 and was appended to Saint Lucia's official submission to the conference and the UN.

Economic Impact: This project was responsible for employing 37 persons (28 men and 9 women) and paying a total of XCD$29,051 (US$10,760) for services which included transportation, catering, facilitation, resource persons, and a consultancy for evaluation.

Capacity Development: In the areas of capacity building the project trained 12 persons in effective media communications and over twenty persons in basic project and event management which included monitoring and evaluation.

The grantee learned many lessons as follows:

(i) Effective Internal Communications means a constant flow of information and feedback in many directions in a timely manner.

(ii) Effective record keeping requires a structure with a system and dependable persons committed to follow through with this responsibility.

(iii) CYEN requires an effective succession plan to ensure that there is no hiatus in its programming now and in the future.

(iv) Without reflection there can be little learning.

(v) The internal conflicts which emerged during project implementation requires CYEN members to be trained in conflict resolution.

(vii) A human resource inventory and assessment should precede such projects in the future, to ensure that there is an adequate pool of people with the requisite skills who are willing to volunteer.

The project ended with an independent evaluation which produced a report titled:

Final Report on the External Evaluation of the GEF SGP UNDP Funded CYEN Green Future Summer Camp Project - Prepared by Brandon Antoine for CYEN.

This report concluded that the project met many of its objectives, informed and sensitized many people and helped to build capacity within CYEN. It also concluded that the shortcomings were due in part to the steep learning curve which the members were going through and the lack of a more robust monitoring and evaluation plan.