Castries, Saint Lucia: Round 1500 college students from faculties in Schooling District II will take part within the District’s Annual Enjoyable Stroll on Friday, January 12, 2024, in Saint Lucia. The stroll will start at 10.00 a.m.
The theme for this yr’s stroll is “Good Well being is Wealth,” and it goals to sort out childhood weight problems and different well being considerations amongst younger youngsters aged 5 to 10 years outdated in Saint Lucia.
The collaborating faculties will embody Carmen Renee Memorial, Camille Henry Memorial, Anglican Toddler, Canon Laurie Anglican Main, Eucharist Lewis S.D.A. Main, Gordon and Walcott Memorial Methodist, Mon Du Don Authorities Main, Castries Complete Secondary Faculty, St. Mary’s Faculty, S.D.A. Academy, Sir Ira Simmons Secondary, and Patricia D. James Secondary Faculty.
The stroll will begin on the Camille Henry Memorial Faculty Grounds, WASCO, and cross by the District II Schooling Workplace. Then, it can take a proper flip onto Carnation Drive within the route of Carmen Rene Memorial Faculty, Maurice Mason Avenue.
It’ll flip left by Serenity Park, proceed as much as the Labour Division close to the Cultural Centre, down Barnard Hill, Darling Street, after which take a proper flip onto Jn Baptiste Road. The stroll will proceed alongside the waterfront and finish on the Vigie Multi-Function Sports activities Advanced.
The stroll is aimed to lift consciousness in regards to the methods of staying wholesome and lowering the probabilities of ailments. The residents have showcased their full help for the well being stroll and stated that the initiative is essential for a wholesome way of life.
Saint Lucia hosts the well being stroll yearly to create awarness in regards to the wholesome and disease-free way of life. Final yr, the stroll was held on Janaury 31, 2023 through which the scholars of colleges inside Schooling District Two participated. They showcased their excessive spirits they usually engaged in enjoyable walks.
Final yr, the stroll returned after a two-year break through which hundreds of scholars participated and danced throughout the street connecting Lance Street, Sans Souci and Barnard Hill.
Notably, the occasion was initially created 14 years in the past with the intention of encouraging college students to undertake more healthy existence, in order that they could have the absolute best academic expertise. Saint Lucia has additionally been recorded as having one of many highest charges of diabetes within the area and certainly the world final yr.
