OneLove CARIBBEAN
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April 2011
The Publisher’s Thoughts Well readers, can you believe it, we are already in the month of April, a time of year when the weather begins to warm up, the flowers bloom, and our part of the world enters renewal. It is also the time of year when Christians celebrate Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For most Virgin Islanders, the week of Easter is the time to move to the beach; pack up all the food, water, music, TV and radio, and the board games for a week stay at your favorite seaside place.
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However, let us also consider this as a time to renew and make ourselves stronger to face the daily challenges that surround us: job loss, high gas prices, the increasing high cost of living, news of the new war in Libya and rumors of political unrest in the Middle East and elsewhere, earthquakes and tsunamis. This is enough to make anyone break under the stress of bad news, but we must remain strong and pray for brighter days. And now this! Last July, I had the honor to interview Prime Minister Honorable Stephenson King of St. Lucia. At that time, I extended a personal invitation to him to visit Texas to address St. Lucians in the Houston/Baytown area. As a result, eight months later, on March 27, 2011, One Love Caribbean News in partnership with The St. Lucia Association of Texas welcomed the Prime Minister to the Greater Houston area. Despite the short visit, the significance of this event drives a milestone to the heart and soul of St. Lucians in Texas. This is the first time that such a high level minister of the St. Lucian government has made an official visit to Houston/ Baytown to address St. Lucians. Thanks Prime Minister King. The red carpet awaits your return. I wish to express my appreciation to Reverend Gena Davis and the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church (5010 North Main Street, Baytown, TX 77521) for partnering with us and allowing us to use their sanctuary, where the Prime Minister addressed St. Lucians and friends in a well attended town hall meeting. Thanks a bunch. One Love Caribbean News was honored to host a fund raising cocktail party for the Prime Minister. The first ever signature event for OLC ‘An Audience with the Prime Minister’ was a resounding success with many readers, writers, advertisers, supporters, and well wishers in attendance. Thanks to everyone, including the leadership and members of the various Caribbean organizations in the our community who came out on a Sunday evening to support the event. Your attendance demonstrates your desire to work together to accomplish our common goals. Thanks to Terron and Janay Henry of Cool Runnings Jamaican Grill for a first class culinary experience. Great job as always. Proceeds from the event will go towards funding the newly formed One Love Caribbean Educational and Resource Foundation. As you know, I am a strong advocate for the value of a good education. There is an old saying ‘If you think education is expensive, try ignorance’. The decision to form a not for profit organization was in an effort to ‘put money where my mouth is’. I decided to create an organization which will allow me to give back to the community, not only locally, but globally. One of the main objectives of this organization is to provide educational materials and project resources in needed areas. In that regard, we have undertaken a book drive to benefit schools and libraries in the island of St. Lucia, our main focus is the town of Soufriere, which was badly hit during Hurricane Tomas in late October 2010. I have personally used my educational network to obtain about one thousand books and five computers. Our goal is to deliver three thousand books and 10 computers to the library by July 2011. In keeping with another of our goals and objectives, we have partnered with the local organization, Repairer of the Breach, we will be travelling to Jamaica to assist in the rebuilding of a badly damaged home for an elderly community servant in Portland. I will be traveling to Jamaica to oversee the building of this project. Please donate to this project at www.repairerofthebreach.org and complete their contact form or you can make a donation via PayPal. Our plan for the future is to partner with local organizations to undertake similar efforts whether locally or internationally. More information will be provided about the OLC Foundation in a future publication. So until then, One Love!
Sylvanus Donaie, BSEE, MBA, MTM Publisher
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Honorable Stephenson King, Prime Minister of St. Lucia meets Members of The St. Lucia Association of Texas
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A Guiding Word Psalm 133:1 (King James Version) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!