Youth Education Initiative
Free after-school and Saturday tutoring in mathematics and English for students in grades 7–12, plus BJC and BGCSE exam fee assistance for families who cannot cover them.
Read how it worksRegistration ID: 1732 · Nassau, The Bahamas
Building on the hill, standing with the neighbourhood.
Good afternoon, and welcome. For more than twenty-five years the Arbitrary Hill Foundation has worked street by street in New Providence — helping children stay in school, bringing nurses to the yards, and putting mangroves back along our shoreline. We are neighbours first, and an organisation second.
4,318
Families supported since 1997
62
Community projects completed
1,140
Students tutored in the last 5 years
287
Active registered volunteers
Ongoing initiatives
What we are working on right now
Community Health Outreach
Monthly mobile screening clinics for blood pressure, blood sugar and vision, staffed by volunteer Bahamian nurses and referred on to public clinics where follow-up is needed.
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Coastal & Environment Care
Mangrove replanting, shoreline clean-ups and storm-preparedness workshops carried out with residents living closest to the water.
Read how it worksIn their own words
Voices from the neighbourhood
“When my husband lost his work at the docks, the Foundation kept my two boys in school uniforms and books for a whole term. Nobody made us feel small about asking.”
“I did the Saturday tutoring at the Dolphin Drive centre from grade nine straight through to BJC. Miss Deveaux is the reason I sat my exams at all.”
“The mobile clinic caught my blood pressure before it turned into something worse. They came right into the yard with the tent and the nurses.”
Upcoming community events
Come and meet us
- Sept 12Back-to-School Uniform & Supply DriveDolphin Drive Community Hall, 9:00am
- Sept 27Mobile Health Clinic — Blood Pressure & Diabetes ScreeningFox Hill Parade, 8:30am
- Oct 04Mangrove Replanting SaturdayBonefish Pond shoreline, 7:00am
- Oct 18Annual General Meeting & Financial ReportFoundation offices, 5:30pm
All events are free and open to every resident. Call +1 242 322 2393 to confirm times during storm season.
Donate / Support
Every dollar stays on this island
Eighty-four cents of every dollar we receive goes directly into program delivery — uniforms, exam fees, clinic supplies, seedlings and fuel for the outreach van. Our audited statements are published each year on our Transparency page. Contributions of time, goods and professional services are just as welcome as money.
- $25 — one student's exam registration fee
- $60 — a complete school uniform and shoes
- $150 — supplies for one mobile clinic session
- $400 — 100 mangrove seedlings and planting gear