| Solid Waste Management Pays $1,000 for Clean Schools |
| By Monique Washington |
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Manager of NSWMA Carlen Lawrence |
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VOJN primary school captured another award Tuesday when the Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) announced that the School was winner of its Clean Neat and Tidy competition. On Wednesday, a brief awards ceremony was held at the school where the manager of NSWMA Carlen Lawrence and Judge Tara Jones handed over a first place trophy and a cheque for EC$1000.
"It has been a pleasure for NSWMA to conduct this Clean, Neat and Tidy competition among the primary schools on Nevis," Mr. Lawrence said.
The competition was held in recognition of World Earth Day April 25. The main objective of the competition was said to be for the children to develop the habit of keeping their school clean, neat and tidy
'When we wrote to the Department of Education to indicate what we wanted to do, they welcomed the program so we are hoping that out of this, the schools which participated will continue their efforts to keep their school clean neat and tidy. Lawrence said
She said she was impressed by the school's efforts and how everyone worked together to keep it clean.
'I think on one of my visits I came and found one piece of paper way to the back of the school," she said. "Two things that stood out was when you go to the bathroom, you didn't use paper products -- you had cloth towels so that would cut down significantly on the litter that would be generated,and how clean and tidy the area where the garbage is placed at the end of the day for the truck to collect, that area was always exceptionally clean."
Janet Maloney from the Ministry of Education applauded the NSWMA for the winning efforts.
'Children are agents of change because they are eager to learn and help others. And they are likely to pass on the knowledge they got in school to family peers and thus influencing the community at large', she said.
In honor of the completion the students of the school learned a song called 'Bits of Paper.'
Representatives of the solid waste company handed over the trophy and ta $1,000 check to Ermilleta Elliott, school principal, and the ceremony ended with the vote of thanks and the students singing their school song.
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