samantha beaton is the principal here and she's got a long list of things that need to be done. a, how badly devastated was the school? pretty bad. we had quite some damage. two of our classrooms got damaged. they completely collapsed. so we had a lot of loss of material also, like computers, digital school boards, but also the books. the volunteers are here for about five hours in the scorching heat, but luckily some of the pupils have also come along to give a helping hand. it's not just painting that's taking place here, it's some real hard labour too. now, who would have thought when i was coming to st martin, i'd be moving rubble? the heat is intense, but everybody is upbeat, just keen to get the job done. during the weekend of the festival, there are more than 1500 volunteer —— more than 150 volunteer projects taking place throughout the island. and over in the dutch quarter, these clubbers are helping out at a basketball court in philipsburg which is in much need of some tlc. and amongst the volunteers, we found some big named international djs. you know, we've been going

samantha beaton is the principal here and she's got a long list of things that need to be done. w badly devastated was the school? pretty bad. we had quite some damage. two of our classrooms got damaged. they completely collapsed. so we had a lot of loss of material also, like computers, digital schoolboards, but also the books. the volunteers are here for about five hours in the scorching heat, but luckily some of the pupils have also come along to give a helping hand. it's not just painting that's taking place here, it's some real hard labour too. now, who would have thought when i was coming to st martin, i'd be moving rubble? the heat is intense, but everybody is upbeat, just keen to get the job done. during the weekend of the festival, there are more than 150 volunteer projects taking place throughout the island. and over in the dutch quarter, these clubbers are helping out at a basketball court in philipsburg which is in much need of some tlc. and amongst the volunteers, we found some big named international djs. you know, we've been going around the island and we've seen t

samantha beaton—elson is the principal here and she's got a long list of things that need to be done.of loss of material also, like computers, digital schoolboards, but also the books. the volunteers are here for about five hours in the scorching heat, but luckily some of the pupils have also come along to give a helping hand. it's not just painting that's taking place here, it's some real hard labour too. now, who would have thought when i was coming to st martin, i'd be moving rubble? the heat is intense, but everybody is upbeat, just keen to get the job done. during the weekend of the festival, there are more than 150 volunteer projects taking place throughout the island. and over in the dutch quarter, these clubbers are helping out at a basketball court in philipsburg, which is in much need of some tlc. sxm are hoping to encourage even more festival goers to take part by making offers of discounted tickets to travellers who sign up to the programme. it's a wonderful thing that actual international djs, festivalgoers, and local people meet on a humble task, to connect on a human le