NEW YORK – President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and chairman of CARICOM, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, has once more referred to as on the world neighborhood to assist the individuals of Haiti.
Addressing an awards perform placed on by the College of the West Indies’ AFUWI, in Manhattan New York on Thursday April 18, President Ali famous that as Caribbean individuals, we can’t ignore the realities of the individuals of Haiti. “They’ve suffered for too lengthy, and too little has been finished by too many people,” President Ali mentioned.
“Solely just lately I regarded on the stunning actuality of assets being allotted, and justifiable so, to the individuals of Ukraine, however the query is, the place is the urgency for the individuals of Haiti? Ali lamented.
In our area we’ve at all times had the ethical standing to be on the precise facet of historical past, and we mustn’t ever enable any circumstance, or change in situations to vary the best way we strategy conditions, regionally and globally.
Turning to the College of the West Indies which honoured him on Thursday night time, President Ali mentioned Professor Beckles and his group have to be complimented.
He mentioned too usually we discover ourselves quoting studies which might be additional regional, when these research and studies can be found on the College of the West Indies. I imagine we should worth extra who we’re and worth extra what we produce and make the most of extra what we personal: The College of the West Indies,” the Guyana President declared.
UWI – World Class Training
He mentioned it was in gentle of this that because the Authorities of Guyana tries to construct a world class schooling and well being care system, could have determined to include the College of the West Indies Medical Faculty with the primary stage 5 hospital that will probably be constructed.
The Guyana President additionally lauded the College of the West Indies for main the cost within the space of reparatory justice. He thanked the Centre for Reparation Analysis on the College of the West Indies led by Professor Beckles, which has been conducting analysis into the legacies of the transatlantic slave commerce in Africans and European colonialism, within the hopes of bringing transformational justice.
He mentioned the work of the UWI has led to various apologies. “However apologies have to be pure and we should transfer from that to full reparatory justice,” Dr. Ali maintained.
It’s the College of the West Indies that should lead us. We should present that we now have the indigenous educational firepower to battle this and win this for ourselves. We can’t depend on exterior consultants to do that for us.
He thanked the College of the West Indies for his or her initiative beneath the GOAL scholarship programme the place over the previous three years “we now have over 345 programmes from 19 Universities. Extra that 30-thousand college students are on this programme in simply 3 and a half years, 75% of whom are girls,” he mentioned.
He mentioned “within the final three years, 2229 graduates got here from the College of the West Indies programme. This contains 119 put up Grad programmes, and presently there are 659 college students enrolled for College of the West Indies Programmes. That is testimony to Partnership,” Ali mentioned.
Serving to the College of the West Indies
The Guyana President noticed that the CARICOM “area ought to discover progressive methods during which we may also help the College of the West Indies by incentivizing finding out at that establishment. This might be finished by the taxation system; assist to the company sector; write offs and bringing in additional of the schooling fund as deductibles. These are issues that I feel may assist to stimulate extra entry into the College of the West Indies and extra assist for West Indian college students,” Ali concluded.
Quantity One College within the Caribbean
In his remarks, Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles mentioned he was proud to say that the College of the West Indies was ranked the primary college within the Caribbean, and has additionally maintained its standing within the prime one % of the 2 thousand universities in Latin America and the Caribbean. He mentioned the UWI was additionally within the prime three % of the best universities on this planet.
Regardless of its rating nevertheless, Professor Beckles mentioned the UWI was not an elite college. Somewhat it’s an establishment for the general public good; a college that’s centered on uplifting the poor and dispossessed; it stands behind all of those that have been disfranchised; it’s dedicated to justice and equality for all and it’s in each sense an moral enterprise.
2024 Awardees
Professor Beckles congratulated the awardees in addition to Government Director of the American Basis of the College of the College of the West Indies (AFUWI) Ms Ann Marie Grant who raises funds by the gala yearly to help needy college students.
Honorees
The occasion additionally honoured seven distinguished personalities who’ve made their mark in numerous fields, from governance and know-how to legislation, enterprise improvement, and neighborhood service.
Every honouree’s story mirrored a dedication to not solely their skilled success but additionally their dedication to nurturing the subsequent technology of leaders within the Caribbean. These embrace:
- His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali: Because the ninth President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the present chairman of the Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM);
- Mr. Don Christian: A companion at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with a exceptional 35-year profession in know-how, aerospace, and protection;
- Lawyer-at-law Mr. Darren Skinner: a Companion on the Washington, D.C. workplace of Arnold & Porter;
- Mr. Antony Mark Desnoes Hart: The chief chairman of the Montego Bay based mostly Caribbean Producers Jamaica Ltd;
- Ms. Michele Chow-Tai: Managing director of Enterprise Growth at Fairview Capital Companions
- The Reverend Mr. Patrick Perrin: Who, from Jamaica to New York, has devoted his life to guiding youth in direction of a brighter future
