ABOUT

​Our mission is to empower and educate children and youth to become life-long facilitators of social change and sustainability in the community. ​

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The Boston Beach Culture Center takes a holistic approach to providing children and youth a safe and nurturing environment in which to grow, learn, and thrive.  Student needs are identified and met through a multi-disciplinary and individualized approach. Educational opportunities for students are focused on a project-based learning model where students learn to do by doing and take leadership roles in their own learning experiences. Learning, well-being, and connection are nurtured and valued at both the individual and community levels.​

What We Do

• After school care
• Weekend and evening workshops
• Winter and summer break programs​
• Academic screenings in English and Mathematics to assess student ability
• Individualized literacy and mathematics programs targeted to students’ identified needs.​​

• ​Speech and language screenings
• Individualized speech and language programs 
• Ongoing progress-monitoring and evaluation reports
• Homework assistance
• ​Parent counselling
• Healthy lifestyle education​​​​​
  
• Community outreach and events ​

• Organic gardening and farming education 
• Youth counselling
• Art Education
• Sports Education
• Facilitation, support, and management of open libraries throughout the community
• Home visits to foster a connection between families and the community-at-large​

OUR TEAM

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Founder and Director Nicola "Nishan" Mayer is a German national. A childhood vision of hers, while growing up with her grandmother in the middle of the woods in Germany, was to learn to heal with her hands and through healing herbs. From the age of 16, she spent her adolescence in Morocco. A place which inspired her reverence to life and her sense for beauty immensely. Wherever she went to live later, seeing herself as a global citizen,  she has met healers of all kinds, of whom some became great teachers to her. Additionally, Nishan studied Alternative Medicine and Naturopathy at the 'Zentrum of Naturheilkunde' at Munich in Germany. For more than a decade, she has been a pupil of Amyio Devienne, challenging herself with several intensive and extensive workshops of Gurdjieff Sacred Movements yearly, to learn about energy cultivation and self discipline. Furthermore, she has been working for well over 30 years as a holistic therapist. Continuing her studies of massage therapy techniques, as well as learning from her clients and through Qigong practice. Being a mother of two adult sons, she has experienced the ups and downs of parenting as well how much collective conditioning and personal dramas need healing, in our societies and communities. Gifted herself with a father who empowered her self-esteem to become creative, being a self driven and independent woman, she founded BBCC.
Operating first as a pilot project in 2011 for one summer and then rebirthing her vision with like minded volunteers in February 2018, to offer a children-safe, positive creative potential nurturing environment for the children of the community which has become her home.

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Jeremiah Barclay, Chairman of BBCC was born in  Manchioneal, Portland and attended the Manchioneal Primary School and  Happy Grove High School.  He migrated to England in his early 20's to work and form a better life for himself. Before moving to England, he was instrumental in creating some Jamaican folk songs. He was instructed by Mitzi Townzed, Ivy Baxter, Ronnie Williams and Louise Bennett. His own composed works received high acclaim. Upon arriving in England he started a reggae band called 'The Carib Band' as well as 'Cedar Roots' in North London. He later received his Bachelor of Science degree in Building and quickly became the master builder and electronic engineer at Islington council for over 30 years.

After returning to Jamaica he became the President of the Friendship and Boston Neighborhood Watch, as well as V.P. of the Portland Neighborhood Watch and the Chairman of BBCC.  Mr. Barclay is also participating in Port Antonio's homeless shelter and a member of the  Portland Tourist Action Alliance Group. His passions are  electronics and singing.

Niesha Brown, born in Kingston, Jamaica loves the positive and community-building lifestyle of BBCC, which she has witnessed and been apart of since day one.

She enjoys being involved in the community-building activities and environmental conservation projects of the BBCC. During her free time, Niesha manages the BBCC website and helps to organise, plan and draft letter for the BBCC. Her presence is much appreciated and her presence much loved by all children, youths and other members and volunteers of BBCC. 

Professionally Niesha is working as photographer for events and private assignments as well as  the designer and manager for websites.

local and international Volunteers