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UNESCO Art In Motion Project A Success

Mr. Antonio Maynard

Charlestown, Nevis
June 17, 2008

An eight week workshop dubbed “Art in Motion” funded by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) came to an end on June 07, 2008.

The closing ceremony which was held on June 16, 2008 at the Nevis Red Cross Building in Charlestown, featured speeches, presentations and art displays.

While UNESCO provided funding for the workshop, the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) offered its support which included the provision of facilitators, facility and stationery.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Library Services Mr. Joseph Wiltshire represented the NIA at the ceremony and recorded his appreciation on its behalf.

“I must express the Nevis Island Administration’s gratitude to UNESCO for funding this important and timely project which sought to assist our people to develop their creative imagination and stimulate self reliance and self realisation. This sponsorship, I assure you, has enabled the Administration to continue its thrust of providing a holistic education for all of its people,” Mr. Wiltshire said.

He advised that the “Art in Motion” students comprised of teachers and leaders of youth service organisations.

Minister Hensley Daniel Speaks Out

Charlestown, Nevis
June 16, 2008

Children need to be actively involved in positive extra-curricular activities. This was the view of Minister of Youth in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel, as he addressed Nevisians, on NTV’s Channel 8, in celebration of Fathers Day.

While Minister Daniel spoke on various factors directed to fathers, he was passionate about the relationship between fathers and children, particularly their sons. He said that the role of males in the community must be strengthened.

“Boys have been allowed to treat the home like a hotel where they check in, eat, drink, sleep and then check out. Fathers owe it to themselves, their local communities and their society to train boys to lead productive lives. In their hands rest the discipline, self-respect and decency which their sons must learn. They must be their sons’ best role models,” Mr. Daniel said.

He added that fathers were needed to help stabilise the family and community and appealed to them to take their roles seriously.

“Fathers, re-organise your work schedule to allow for more time with your family. Your children need you. They want you to give them values, not valuables. They do not want clothes and electronic games ““ they want you,” he said.

Nevis HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing Day

Minister Daniels and Volunteers

Minister Daniels and Volunteers

Charlestown, Nevis
June 16, 2008

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel, stamped his approval on Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) and cited that the activity hosted by the Nevis HIV/AIDS Unit in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Private Sector, placed the onus on individuals to know their health status.

In a televised address aired on NTV Channel 8 on June 15, 2008, the Minister said that the concept of volunteer testing spoke to individual’s inner commitment to a cause.

“This VCT approach is good since it provides an opportunity for persons to monitor on a regular basis their HIV/AIDS status: Prevention must begin before HIV prevalence grows to measurable levels.

“VCT helps us to pause and check our risky behaviours. When a test comes out negative, it is an opportunity to maintain sexual behaviour that will ensure that the tests continue to be negative. The VCT will certainly help us to put an end to risky behaviours. When your test comes out negative it is saying here is a chance to reduce sexual partners, here is a chance to continue on the abstinence road, here is a chance to live and let live, here is a chance to protect me, protect you, protect us. Here is the chance to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the wider society,” he said.

The Minister regarded VCT as an imaginative approach to the reduction of HIV/AIDS infections and told the people of Nevis that they could all do something about the disease if they used the approach of the legal profession ““ innocent until proven guilty (Positive until proven negative).

Nevis Minister – Hon. Hensley Daniel

Charlestown, Nevis
June 16, 2008

There is a need to change the course of history and to have the society make a difference. That was the view of Minister with responsibility for Social Transformation on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel, which he expressed at a ceremony of the Social Development Department on Nevis, to honour a “special breed” of 13 fathers in celebration of Fathers day 2008. The event was held on June 12, 2008 at Ministry of Trade’s conference room in Charlestown.

The Minister referred to the Moyne Commission’s report of 1945 which he explained pointed out that the greatest challenge to family stability was the largest number of men who had children from women in several communities which represented the greatest challenge for social and economic stability in the years ahead.

Sixty two years later, Mr. Daniel said, the report held true today as it was in 1945 when it was commissioned.

“So we need to change the course of history and we need to have our society making a difference. It cannot be that since the Moyne Commission say so in 1945, sixty two years later, let another Commission say the same thing. We have to make a change.

“This community needs fathers who use their influence at the right times for the right reasons, who take a little greater share of the blame and a little smaller share of the credit, who lead themselves successfully before attempting to lead others, who continue to search for the best answer not the familiar one, who add value to their family, who work for the benefit of their children and not for personal gain, who handle themselves with their heads and their children with their hearts, who know the way go the way and show the way, who inspire and motivate rather than intimidate and manipulate, who live with their children to know their problems and live with God in order to solve them, who realise that their dispositions are more important than their position, who mold opinions rather than following opinion polls, who understand that the home is a reflection of their character,” he said.

Caribbean Development Bank Logo

Charlestown,Nevis
June 13th, 2008

Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry spoke with members of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Thursday morning, to discuss the way forward and financial assistance for the feasibility of a post”“secondary education unit on Nevis.

Portfolio Manager in the Social Sector Division for (CDB), Ms. E.E Deidre Clarendon and Premier Parry discussed the developing position of attaining a school that would provide practical education with theory.

“We are looking at an institution for the practical people of Nevis. The comprehensive school system was introduced in 1966/67 and it has been a negative aspect to some persons who left school with very little academic training and no skills. We would like to cater to these people and I would like to see us achieve that by giving the knowledge of business and various practical skills,” said Premier Parry.

Training for Tourism and Hospitality will also be part of the training. During the meeting Premier Parry declared. “It is important that Nevis residents interested in Tourism receive training that they can be prepared for top level positions with local hotels.”

UNESCO Art In Motion Project A Success

Nevis Minister Says “Give Children Values Not Valuables”

Nevis HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing Day

Nevis Fathers Told They Need To Change Behavior

Nevis Premier Hosts Members Of Caribbean Development Bank