Diary of a Shipping Clerk - Volume 1

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.  Hurricane 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 country's 75 public schools remained undamaged.  Volume One of The Diary of a Shipping Clerk gives an account of David Miles-Hanschell's 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 Paul's) 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 island's schools. Thus 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.   His work has transformed numerous classrooms in many countries over the years.