Bracken took time out from the 2008 One-Day International series between the West Indies and Australia to visit select locations in Grenada and interact with school children to show his support for the ICC's partnership with UNICEF on HIV/AIDS.
"Never give up on your dreams. You can achieve whatever you put your mind to once you are disciplined enough and work hard for it.
"I was exactly the same as you and had to work hard to get to the point where I now proudly represent my country," the 30-year-old international cricketer told eager school children assembled at the St Rose Secondary School.
As well as taking questions from the children on a variety of topics, Bracken happily got involved in a game of cricket which helped reinforce some of the key messages of the ICC's partnership with UNICEF and UNAIDS.
"It was a good opportunity to see what sports they are able to play. It was pleasing to see that the kids wanted to play sport and they wanted to do well and bowl straight.
"They were learning discipline, which can help them in whatever they are doing, and apply it to other areas in life as well," he said after the visit.
Bracken, who also stars in a global Public Service Announcement campaign on HIV/AIDS, along with other leading world cricketers including Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, believes it is important for cricketers to use their status to deliver important social messages.
"I look at it as an opportunity to give something back to young people who don't always have the education or opportunities in life. The programmes that I saw today really give young people an opportunity to learn," he said.
Bracken also visited the Grenada Youth Development Centre which was extensively damaged during Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 but with funding from the Australian government it is being restored to provide opportunities to the local community.
Tom Olsen, UNICEF Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said his office was happy to help facilitate the visit.
"We see the visit as not simply talking about cricketing skills but as a demonstration to the children that commitment to sports can impart the discipline and life skills which can help them to negotiate the challenging situations which will confront them well into their adult life," he said.
At the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and ICC World Twenty20 2007 there were 24 separate player visits to community projects in the West Indies and South Africa aimed at raising awareness of the disease.
Further activities are planned at the ICC Champions Trophy 2008 in Pakistan, where players will wear red ribbons as a show of support for people living with HIV/AIDS.