Julianna
Julianna is a lively eight year old. With support from the Trusts for school fees at the Helping Hands Centre and medical assistance from the World Pediatric Project, she is able to participate in special education activities more fully. Julianna loves attending the Centre where she enjoys the company of her classmates, who are carefully guided through a range of activities by their dedicated teachers.
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Kianna
Kianna (seated, along with some of the other children at St Benedict Childrens’ Home) came to St Benedict’s Home at the age of 2, barely able to walk or talk. She is now chatting away, almost able to walk unaided and loves joining activities with classmates in the kindergarten at St Benedict’s Day Care Centre. The Trusts also make a contribution to St Benedict’s Children Home towards monthly groceries and help single mothers have their children at day care.
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Zephan
Seven year old Zephan, the youngest participant in the Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Pan Orchestra, was born into the art form as his father is a tenor plan player and he practices regularly with him. Attending the summer classes means he has the opportunity to become part of something positive as well as an accomplished player that will be able to join the junior and later the senior band. The senior band is the current panorama champion, a title that they have held for six consecutive years.
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Literacy Centre
Eleven year old Akeem was stuggling to keep up with his class due to poor reading skills. Since he been attending remedial reading classes at the MCT funded Literacy Centre at Cane End Government School, he has shown tremendous improvement and his teachers are confident that he will pass the qualifications needed to secure a place in a secondary school. Akeem was proud to demonstrate his reading skills when MCT visited his school.
Brandon is seven years old and is one of the newest students to start attending the Literacy Centre. Mrs Burke, the Literacy Coordinator, is trying her best to improve his Brandon’s reading skills. With consistent help and support, his reading skills are improving.
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Craft Fair – 2015
Craft fairs organized by the Trusts are now a fixture in the activities calendar on Mustique. Guests to the island have been delighted with the variety of crafts, art and handmade items displayed.
The Easter and August Craft Fairs in 2015 both exceeded all expectations with a huge variety of craft and handmade Vincentian products on display. Those who had attended previous fairs had worked hard to produce new items to tempt buyers. First time vendors found it a very worthwhile experience and enjoyed being able to meet Mustique customers and find out about their buying preferences.
At the Easter Fair there were many favourable comments about the expanded layout which gave the vendors more room for their displays. And what a feast for the eyes! Handmade soaps and beauty products were popular sales items as was jewelry with many items made from scratch using local materials and motifs. A much admired new addition was the display of wooden gift items made from recycled wood and offcuts from carpenters, made by Dexter Bacchus of Eko Finez.
Colourful bags, cushion covers and pencil cases beautifully made by Janella Power also attracted attention. The Sustainable Livelihood Project with its fascinating display of grassmats and baskets created much attention and sales were brisk.
The Trusts were pleased that this project made such an impact – giving positive encouragement to those learning the skills while being rehabilitated in prison as well as providing support on release. These high quality mats and baskets can now be bought at the Mustique Depot.
As one of the vendors, Bumba Joy, commented at the end of the fair, “This is such an important event for us and we really appreciate the support and recognition of our work. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to come to Mustique”.
Over 30 vendors participated at each fair. Buyers were impressed with the variety of items on display. The vendors welcomed the opportunity to showcase their hand crafted items to the Mustique market and reported that sales were brisk. Banana art, bags and baskets, jewelry, notecards, handmade soaps and beauty products were among the top sellers. This event was a real coming together of the two communities. This not for profit initiative by the Trusts is part of the thrust to provide employment and wealth creation opportunities for artisans in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
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UWI Graduation 2015
Congratulations to Angelique Hackshaw and Kaman Greene, MCT Bursary students who graduated from the University of the West Indies Open Campus in St Vincent in January 2016. Angelique attained a BSc in Accounting and Kaman B.Ed. in Mathematics. This brings a total of four young people who have now graduated. With fourteen still studying and an intake of three new Bursary awardees each year, MCT looks forward to more graduations.
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Hurricane Thomas
In times of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods the Trusts extend a helping hand to those involved so that persons can return to normal, productive lives as quickly as possible. Thanks to generous donors to our disaster relief fund, response can be rapid and reach those in need immediately. Working closely with the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, The National Emergency Management Organisation and The SVG Red Cross, essential supplies such as water, food and clothing are delivered to disaster shelters and those communities and persons in need of assistance.
Medium and long term needs are assessed and projects are developed to assist in areas such as house repairs and in some cases a contribution is made towards the building of new homes. Farmers were assisted after Hurricane Thomas in 2011 with seedlings to grow market vegetables as quick cash crops until banana fields and other crops could be re-established. The Trusts also repaired 72 homes, and built seven new homes to replace those lost in the huuricane.
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