2023 marks the third consecutive yr of native Worldwide Rural Ladies’s Day IRWD) celebrations. On Monday, October ninth, the group hosted its annual IRWD ceremony at its headquarters in Pointe Seraphine. The occasion was an event to have a good time the contributions of Saint Lucia’s rural girls, and members of Helen’s Daughters.
Of particular be aware through the ceremony was the introduction of the “Felicite Justin Award for Selflessness in Agriculture”, named in honour of a longstanding member of Helen’s Daughters, and introduced to that member. The October ninth ceremony additionally featured the landmark signing of a memorandum of understanding between Helen’s Daughters and WhyFarm, a Trinidadian organisation targeted on agricultural training via leisure. The 2 NGOs will work collaboratively on college excursions and data alternate initiatives.
In her remarks, Helen’s Daughters Government Director Keithlin Caroo famous “What most excites me about this collaboration is that two younger, grassroots organizations from the International South can come collectively to vary our agricultural panorama and show that South-South Cooperation isn’t solely relegated to a excessive degree. I do know that via this collaboration, each organizations can be taught, share and concurrently change the narrative of agriculture, one college at a time.”
Amongst a bunch of deliberate initiatives together with the event of not too long ago leased land in Roseau, Helen’s Daughters intends to advertise an appreciation for agriculture in any respect ranges, starting within the island’s main faculties. Together with the WhyFarm workforce, the organisation will go to 4 main faculties, introducing college students to the AGRIman comedian ebook collection printed by WhyFarm as a sensible introduction to agriculture. “It’s vital that we glance to the long run, however change the narrative proper now as a result of the change has to return now to ensure that us to be meals safe sooner or later,” shared Alpha Sennon, Government Director of WhyFarm forward of the college visits.
Helen’s Daughters will proceed Worldwide Rural Ladies’s Day celebrations via the week of October ninth to fifteenth. On Saturday, October 14th, Helen’s Daughters will broaden its month-to-month FarmHers Markets to the island’s south, with a speciality occasion at Challenge Chocolat in Soufriere, and can wrap up the month with its month-to-month FarmHers Market on October twenty eighth on the Pyramid in Pointe Seraphine.
