FAQs
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Camp Tobago is a one-day programme providing leadership training, access to mentors in all fields and walks of life – as well as some fun - to provide Tobago’s young people with additional tools for personal and professional success.
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The first tranche of Camp Tobago programmes will be open to 12- and 13-year-old young men and women resident in Tobago.
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Participation is Free of Charge. Meals and Supplies will be provided during the day. A Transportation Stipend will be available.
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A pilot one day programme is on-stream for 2024. Thereafter, Camp Tobago will operate programmes across Tobago in urban and rural locations annually.
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Various locations around Tobago based on geographic interest from our young people.
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Ask your favourite teacher or principal to nominate you. They can send an email from the school account, or a note on school letterhead, with your name and contact details. We also need your guardian or parent’s permission, which we will ask your teacher or principal to secure in advance of nominating you.
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After you have participated, we will match you with a mentor, who is from Trinidad & Tobago (mostly Tobago) but might be living overseas (The T&T Diaspora). There are so many proud Trinbagonians who want YOU to succeed personally and professionally, and they hail from every field that might be of interest to your future success. Including the Trade Professions; Farming and Fishing; Creative Industry: Music, Art, Fashion, Theatre; Hospitality and Eco-Tourism; Education and Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Engineering; Accounting; Finance and Economics; Infrastructure and Transportation; Environmental Stewardship; Petroleum and Natural Gas; Commerce; Aviation; Science; Healthcare; Journalism and Broadcasting; Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement; Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence, and more. Your mentor will be available for you to chat with occasionally about your future career goals and is willing to help you navigate how to get there based on their own experiences and successful careers.