VIEUX FORT, SAINT LUCIA – At a celebration held on Friday, March 15, 2024, Coconut Bay Seaside Resort & Spa marked a big milestone commemorating its nineteenth anniversary and dedication to accountable company citizenship with its ongoing efforts to serve its distinctive employees, neighboring group, and valued company.
Gemma Edwin, representing Coconut Bay’s CocoLand Cares Committee, emphasised the transformative impression of early childhood training on cognitive and character improvement, drawing upon the guiding rules established by Nobel Memorial Laureate James Heckman.
She introduced the formal adoption of ABC Enjoyable Home Early Studying Centre, to foster optimum studying experiences for younger minds. Commencing with the upcoming faculty 12 months this adoption unfolds over a four-year interval, beginning with a complete reworking of the training atmosphere for 2-year-old college students getting into in September 2024.
CocoLand Cares Workforce Members with ABC Enjoyable Home Director (L to R) – Gemma Edwin, Natalia Greene, Gary “Butch” Hendrickson, Else Joyeux, Mia Chin, and Leona Constable Chin
Starting with curriculum help and the supply of tutorial instruments, the reworking undertaking additionally consists of classroom refurbishments, upgraded scholar bogs, and a facelift of the college’s exterior. A brand new playground can even be put in with the objective of productive play resulting in productive studying for these younger college students.
Holding the signed MOU by Else Joyeux and Chairman Gary “Butch” Hendrickson
“Training wants to start in infancy, it’s important to begin them proper they usually’ll be shiny! You’ll be able to’t count on to make modifications until you begin and commit, it doesn’t occur in a single day.” Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa Chairman Gary “Butch” Hendrickson continued, “after I got here right here over 20 years in the past earlier than we even opened the resort, I dedicated myself and the workforce to fostering training.”
Additionally in attendance was Cyrus Cepal, Deputy Chief Training Officer within the Ministry of Training, who congratulated the resort and invited different company residents to comply with their lead and be part of the MOE within the restructuring of the training system and faculties.
Coconut Bay’s funding in early childhood training extends past ABC Enjoyable Home Early Studying Centre. Since 2014, the resort has donated academic provides and studying instruments to over 100 preschools throughout Saint Lucia. Regardless of interruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, these efforts have resumed, with the subsequent distribution set to profit 25 preschools within the island’s south.
“As we speak is a superb day for ABC Enjoyable Home; we thank Mr. Hendrickson and your dream workforce, for the provisions of required supplies and the renovations to the college and playground. Thanks all and we on the faculty promise to pledge to boost the bar in training,” stated Else Joyeux, director of ABC Enjoyable Home Early Studying Centre.
Mia Chin, a proud member of the CocoLand Cares Committee and supervisor of the resort’s CocoLand Kidz Klub, shared her private connection to the trigger as a dad or mum and a member of the Coconut Bay household. She emphasised the group’s dedication to supporting not solely early childhood training but in addition healthcare initiatives, similar to the continued partnership with the pediatric ward of St. Jude Hospital. Trying forward, the CocoLand Cares Committee is gearing as much as refresh and enhance the emergency room amenities at St. Jude Hospital, underscoring the group’s dedication to supporting vital healthcare infrastructure within the south of Saint Lucia.
