Christopher Walcott - My Blog

Who would have thought that after Brazil, I would have become a full fledged Social Entrepreneur…

The journey has just begun with an amazing start, through the help of the Global Changemakers. Learning so much at LACYS 2010, I came back to my country, Trinidad and Tobago with mountainous energy to do much more for the youth of my country. I was infected with the positive virus and I didn’t knew until I infected others.

Time to Grind!

Fueled and Inspired, I set out to form something(didn’t know as yet) that would help the youth of my country become more involved in helping others but what..

Acquiring even more experience from the Summit, I sought to start my own Non-Governmental Organisation, which would aid in my goal, to develop the potential of the youth of Trinidad and Tobago. Literally scratching my head to get a name that would epitimize what I wanted to do, who am I going to infect with my positive virus, where I want to make the change. The name took a while to come around but it did after tickling my medulla oblongata; I decided to go with was International Movement for Change (IMC). Which seeks to develop Social Entrepreneurs.

British Council Projects

Currently I am working on two projects sponsored by the >Global Changemakers through the British Council. One is called Brother By My Side (BBMS) where we go into battered boys and girls homes, being the male positive influence in their lives. Training these youth to become future Social Entrepreneurs by giving back to the community what was bestowed upon them. They in return will go to other batterd homes and be role models and thats how the cycle will continue.
The other project called a Regional Action Project (RAP) which is based on Social Inequities in the region. Currently I am working with various Global Changemakers from Latin America; where we teamed up to battle these inequities in our various countries.

Together WE ALL can MAKE a DIFFERENCE!

Cristo Redentor!

The final, final day is finally here. So many good byes, so many tears but we have had many cheers because of our new found GCM family. The moments we shared was priceless and the bonds we made are unbreakable.

My last day was spent with three of my friends had and extra day in Rio! We had the privilege of seeing the Cristo Redentor Christ the Redeemer (statue). It was an amazing site to behold. People from all over the world venture to see this magnificent statue.

History of the Cristo Redentor

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: O Cristo Redentor, formerly Portuguese: Christo redemptor) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world.The statue is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 meter (31 feet) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tons (700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is one of the tallest of its kind in the world (The statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is slightly taller). A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

Its back to our various homes now. Time to impart, infect and impact positive change in our communities, societies, countries, region and the rest of the world. Global Changemakers making that needed difference in the world!

Cristo Redentor!

The final, final day is finally here. So many good byes, so many tears but we have had many cheers because of our new found GCM family. The moments we shared was priceless and the bonds we made are unbreakable.

My last day was spent with three of my friends had and extra day in Rio! We had the privilege of seeing the Cristo Redentor Christ the Redeemer (statue). It was an amazing site to behold. People from all over the world venture to see this magnificent statue.

History of the Cristo Redentor

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: O Cristo Redentor, formerly Portuguese: Christo redemptor) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world.The statue is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 meter (31 feet) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tons (700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is one of the tallest of its kind in the world (The statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is slightly taller). A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

Its back to our various homes now. Time to impart, infect and impact positive change in our communities, societies, countries, region and the rest of the world. Global Changemakers making that needed difference in the world!

My LACYS Experience

Since the first day I never knew, at LACYS
That 60 people will become like glue
Day one was an introduction to something grand
I was amazed by the God’s master plan,

One by two we trickled in, to the scene
Where we met Roberta and Louise, the facilities
Was amazing, even a guy name Shane from Zimbabwe was dancing,
While drinking some juice and eating sweets I met a girl name Sharie
From Jamaica we go straight to Saint Kitts and Nevis Von Dez was a stitch

Unto the bus we go from Hotel Novo Mundo
To Teresopolis with my first senorita Yasmin
From Egypt to Bogota , I met my first mama sita!
Maria from Colombia was fantastic just as Olga.

A phototakerouter was just as beautiful a person as in her pics, intruded,
By Shekeb always in my pics, but an energetic dancer
The life of the party, Leo on we go till My Beatiful Face sang by Andy comes on
Till dawn, he goes sing that same song. But I didn’t burst his bubble
What trouble did we all get into when we went to bed after two.

Tired as hell, couldn’t wake up until we hear Jermain’s trumpet
In the hall rushing to do our morning’s energizer by John
What fun, it was socializing with everyone, event a Pet
Piper, was Lucia’s Baby nothing came between that beautiful team,
At lunch we caucused about the issues we discussed at our group meetings.

Speaking about factors that affect us in our society,
So we separated and my group had an IDENTITY,
Problem in the Latin America and Caribbean community
So we wrote a song and sang it from our hearts thong,
We impressed Heather our peer facilitator who thought we flowed light as a feather

The LACYS group was Matheus the pianist,
MEME the drummer and Javier the guitarist and Ignacio the saxophonist,
Trinidad, Felipe the monologues
Ruth and Myself the Singers. We so rocked the house!
That back by popular demand we had another performance

Sadiq the tech addict but overcome it with help of his friends
Alonso J Lizaraz, Calleigh Perry,Camila Laurentino,Camila Trigo
Clara Pedroza,Claudia Zegarra,David Riveros Garcia,Diana Quintana Roo
Edmilson Rodrigues, Fabrício Barbosa, Federico Queirolo,Fiorella Belli
Gabriela Aragão, Ghian Tjandaputra Muhammad, Gonzalo Sebastian H
Nicole Szucs G. Maria Huerta, Luis Felipe Kitamura and Lucy Gillett.
Lucas Bulgarelli, Laura Zarta G, Janssen Villian, Jecel Censoro
Italo Ribeiro, Ignacio Rodriguez Hernandez,Angela Maria Strader
Bernardo Busel, Thaís Queiroz, Talita Alves,Uyen Nguyen, Victoria de Mello
Vívian Magalhães Rodrigues, Romina Cabrera,Nimesh Ghimire and Samar Samir Mezghanni
Finally he coped with all that assistance from the amigos

The Journey has finally come to an end and
I made some special friends Hannah Mcveigh,
My scarf is with you and my blessings. I would miss Ireland
And the Caribbean Carly Perryman, Arvis Elaine Mortimer
Jae Nelson, Ashaney Footprints James,
Zuriel Francique even though you weren’t there your spirit was
Sharie Brown, Well “Not Vinny”
Lives in My country so I would not miss he

It was awesome to see the unity amongst we
It has come and gone but not forgotten
Working on RAPs and CAPs helps us connect with each other like clothes to a button
Though so far yet so close our bond is forever.
Global Changemakers!

My LACYS Experience

Since the first day I never knew, at LACYS
That 60 people will become like glue
Day one was an introduction to something grand
I was amazed by the God’s master plan,

One by two we trickled in, to the scene
Where we met Roberta and Louise, the facilities
Was amazing, even a guy name Shane from Zimbabwe was dancing,
While drinking some juice and eating sweets I met a girl name Sharie
From Jamaica we go straight to Saint Kitts and Nevis Von Dez was a stitch

Unto the bus we go from Hotel Novo Mundo
To Teresopolis with my first senorita Yasmin
From Egypt to Bogota , I met my first mama sita!
Maria from Colombia was fantastic just as Olga.

A phototakerouter was just as beautiful a person as in her pics, intruded,
By Shekeb always in my pics, but an energetic dancer
The life of the party, Leo on we go till My Beatiful Face sang by Andy comes on
Till dawn, he goes sing that same song. But I didn’t burst his bubble
What trouble did we all get into when we went to bed after two.

Tired as hell, couldn’t wake up until we hear Jermain’s trumpet
In the hall rushing to do our morning’s energizer by John
What fun, it was socializing with everyone, event a Pet
Piper, was Lucia’s Baby nothing came between that beautiful team,
At lunch we caucused about the issues we discussed at our group meetings.

Speaking about factors that affect us in our society,
So we separated and my group had an IDENTITY,
Problem in the Latin America and Caribbean community
So we wrote a song and sang it from our hearts thong,
We impressed Heather our peer facilitator who thought we flowed light as a feather

The LACYS group was Matheus the pianist,
MEME the drummer and Javier the guitarist and Ignacio the saxophonist,
Trinidad, Felipe the monologues
Ruth and Myself the Singers. We so rocked the house!
That back by popular demand we had another performance

Sadiq the tech addict but overcome it with help of his friends
Alonso J Lizaraz, Calleigh Perry,Camila Laurentino,Camila Trigo
Clara Pedroza,Claudia Zegarra,David Riveros Garcia,Diana Quintana Roo
Edmilson Rodrigues, Fabrício Barbosa, Federico Queirolo,Fiorella Belli
Gabriela Aragão, Ghian Tjandaputra Muhammad, Gonzalo Sebastian H
Nicole Szucs G. Maria Huerta, Luis Felipe Kitamura and Lucy Gillett.
Lucas Bulgarelli, Laura Zarta G, Janssen Villian, Jecel Censoro
Italo Ribeiro, Ignacio Rodriguez Hernandez,Angela Maria Strader
Bernardo Busel, Thaís Queiroz, Talita Alves,Uyen Nguyen, Victoria de Mello
Vívian Magalhães Rodrigues, Romina Cabrera,Nimesh Ghimire and Samar Samir Mezghanni
Finally he coped with all that assistance from the amigos

The Journey has finally come to an end and
I made some special friends Hannah Mcveigh,
My scarf is with you and my blessings. I would miss Ireland
And the Caribbean Carly Perryman, Arvis Elaine Mortimer
Jae Nelson, Ashaney Footprints James,
Zuriel Francique even though you weren’t there your spirit was
Sharie Brown, Well “Not Vinny”
Lives in My country so I would not miss he

It was awesome to see the unity amongst we
It has come and gone but not forgotten
Working on RAPs and CAPs helps us connect with each other like clothes to a button
Though so far yet so close our bond is forever.
Global Changemakers!