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Operation Future Launched

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 17, 2012 (SKNIS)

Students of the Tyrell Williams Primary School in Old Road have committed to become active agents in a bid to stop bullying and establish schools as a safe zone.

On Tuesday, Constable Lauston Percival of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and Dan MacMullin, both of Operation Future, facilitated a 45-minute interactive session to the young people outlining what is bullying, the varying types, ways it is carried out and how to react if one is a victim of bullying, or witnesses the act.

Sixth graders Melissa Drew and Lufkin Foster were enthused by the presentation and each said they learned a lot.

The message was especially potent to Lufkin. “I was bullied already,” he admitted, recounting a past experience at a summer camp. If such a situation was to occur again, fighting back or keeping the incident private is not an option. “I will walk away and tell an (adult),” he stated.

Melissa, who is president of the student council, highlighted the practical aspects displayed on power point and demonstrated through role play. She stated that generally, the students were committed to work with teachers and Operation Future members to protect the school environment.

Principal Terrence Edwards told SKNIS that Operation Future has had a productive relationship with the school and that while there are not many reports of bullying it was important to tackle the issue. The head teacher also “fully endorsed” Operation Future’s School Crime Watch initiative which recruits students to become crime watch officers responsible for looking after their peers and their school. They do this by reporting suspicious and bad behaviour to teachers.

According to its official website, Operation Future was founded in February 2005 and is designed to educate children about the dangers of crime, violence, drugs and other antisocial vices. Constable Percival revealed plans to enhance the reach of the message.

“One of the things we want to do is get this presentation videotaped and (upload) it to YouTube and other social media networks so that persons around the world can view it and educate themselves and others about bullying.” he disclosed.

Constable Percival noted that he and other members will be available to make similar presentations to other schools and to camps over the summer and urged persons to contact the group to make arrangements. Contact information and other details are available at www.sknoperationfuture.com/.

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Mr. Patrice Nisbett

Charlestown, Nevis
May 16, 2012

The Nevis Island Administration has plans to construct an early childhood facility in the St. James Parish, the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) representative and Federal Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Hon Patrice Nisbett has revealed.

The Attorney General, who held successful one-on-one consultations with his constituents at the Combermere Community Centre on Thursday May 10, told the Department of Information that the constituents had raised a number of issues, and a major one was the lack of an early childhood centre in St. James.

“They have impressed upon me what can be done in order to alleviate this situation,” said Hon Nisbett.

“They feel that in the constituency, there are a number of young children and they believe that there is the requisite population in terms of young ones that can justify the government investing in an early childhood facility in the constituency.”

Many of them had informed him that they live and work in the constituency and they would want to be able to take their children to a facility in the area. The NRP representative agreed with them that when they have to go outside the constituency it comes at a particular cost, and as a result, the NRP government would want to see how it could address that particular burden that is facing a number of them.

“As a matter of fact, the government has a plan to construct a facility here in St. James to address those issues,” Hon Nisbett told the Department of Information. “I think the mechanics are being worked out at this point in time and at the appropriate time I would imagine one would clearly enunciate to the general public and to the constituents in particular what would be the plans in relation to addressing those issues.”

Responding to the constituents’ wishes, the Hon. Nisbett has consented to be holding the one-on-one consultations on a weekly basis. Other issues raised included affordable housing and availability of land, jobs, improvement of recreational facilities at the VOJN Primary School, and the general cleanliness in the parish, with some stating that some sections are overgrown by vegetation.

“In areas where people have been aggrieved, one would want to try as much as possible to see that the appropriate remedy for the grievance is meted out so that the constituents can in fact have some relief to the particular difficulty that they are experiencing at the time in question,” said Hon Nisbett.

He said that he was quite challenged and motivated by his constituents’ insistence that the government needs to continue the housing revolution that was started, so as to provide affordable housing to the constituents in the parish of St. James.

“They have been directed to continue to avail themselves for the services afforded by the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation in relation to the provision of lots, at the same time in relation to the provision of housing, so as to satisfy the housing needs of the constituents,” said Hon Nisbett.

Accordingly, the Attorney General told the Department of Information that he has undertaken to contact the relevant personnel in the government departments to see how the particular concerns of the constituents can be addressed in timely, efficient and in an effective manner.

“Issues that have been raised in these consultations are far and wide and are varying,” concluded the Hon Patrice Nisbett. “One would want to take the necessary action so as to ensure that those issues are addressed, and in doing so one would ensure that we maintain a conducive environment here in the constituency, where people can live, work, raise families and enjoy an improved quality of life.”

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Mrs. Lescott with School Supplies Donation

Charlestown, Nevis
May 02, 2012

Students and Staff of the Joycelyn Liburd Primary School in Gingerland, registered thanks to the Glen Urquhart School (GUS) in Massachusetts, USA, for its most recent gift of school supplies for its Kindergarten class.

An appreciative School Principal Mrs. Marion Lescott told the Department of Information during a recent visit there, that the gift, one of many, had come because of a long standing relationship between both schools enjoyed.

“This year I was privileged to visit the school and from the funds raised for their Teddy Bear Day this year, I was able to purchase some items for the school. Now one of the things that stood out for me is the fact that this project also involved the parents and some of them donate books and other items towards the school [JLPS].

“I really appreciate the efforts of the school and so I would like to say thank you to Mrs. Sandra Thoms, her kindergarten class and the staff students and parents of the Glen Urquhart School in Massachusetts,” she said.

According to Mrs. Lescott, the long relationship between both schools though hundreds of miles apart, started about 13 years ago when Mrs. Sandra Thoms the Kindergarten teacher from that school visited Nevis for a vacation. She visited what it was known then as the Gingerland Primary School’s Kindergarten class as an observer.

On her return to America she started a community project, an activity which forms part of the school’s annual curriculum.

“She started what they do at that school a community project and each year her kindergarten class does a community project and it is called Teddy Bear Day. From that project they raise funds and they purchase items for our school,” Mrs. Lescott said.

During Teddy Bear Day fund raising event at the school, all members of the GUS community are allowed to bring a stuffed animal to school for the day, in exchange for a donation used to send supplies to the JLPS. During the day the students are also taught about life in Nevis and their counterparts.

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