Photo 1 – Hon. Marcella Liburd (in red top) and others inspect the bus.
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – A project that started under the former St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) was concluded Tuesday with a simple but important ceremony.
A bus for the use of the Association of Persons Living with Disabilities was delivered to the grouping financed by the Sugar Industry Diversification (SIDF) at the McKnight Community Centre.
“This was part of a project started under the Labour Administration when computers and a smart board among other things were handed over to the Association. We believe that no one should be left behind and so Persons Living with Disabilities were given the opportunity to learn the technology,” said Ms. Liburd, who held the portfolio of Community and Social Development.
Ms. Liburd, the Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher 2 (Central Basseterre) noted that in 2014, the SIDF set about to find a bus to assist with the transportation of Persons Living with Disabilities.
Photo 2 – President of the Association of Persons Living with Disabilities, Mr. Anthony Mills shows how the bus will be used by its members
“That exercise culminated today with the handing over of a bus designed for such persons. I was happy to be present at the ceremony to see the culmination of that project,” said Ms. Liburd who indicated she was happy to represent the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party “as we continue to support Persons Living with Disabilities.”
“I was also there as the Parliamentary Representative for Central Basseterre as we in Central have adopted the Association whose home base is the McKnight Community Centre,” she said as she expressed thanks to President Anthony Mills and all the other members of the Association for their hard work,
Miss Liburd also expressed thanks to TDC and Mr Earl Kelly for partnering with the Association, Mary Clarke and all the others who work with these differently-abled persons, Rusty Liburd for so ably chairing the proceedings, Delroy Prentice, the hard-working Community Development Officer of the area and all the special persons who attend classes and other activities at the Centre on a daily basis.
“I also want to thank SIDF for completing the project. Thanks in particular to Terrence Crossman and Sheila Williams for starting the search for an appropriate bus to accommodate these differently- abled persons,” said Ms. Liburd.
She expressed happiness that “despite the negatives that were heaped on the SIDF that there are those who now understand the good that the SIDF can do. Congrats to all who made this event possible.”
