Minister praises ‘Water Warriors’

MINISTER OF Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, has lauded the efforts of the group of Barbadians who over the weekend and in previous weeks sought to bring some relief to residents in St. Joseph experiencing severe water shortages.

 

Yesterday, the Minister highlighted the work of the “Weekend Water Warriors”, a group of concerned citizens during one of the activities to celebrate National Youth Week. He described their efforts as an act of national service, to which many persons, particularly young people, should aspire.

 

“I want to take the opportunity to commend the efforts of all Barbadians in joining the Barbados Water Authority in doing what all Barbadians know that we have to do from time to time. Rolling up our sleeves and joining in some self-help measures. The response in St. Joseph is a good example of national service. It is a good example of how communities can help communities, because the government or private agencies alone can’t do it all,” he noted.

 

The Minister revealed that his Ministry will be seeking to partner with this group, in the near future.

 

“We know in some of our communities there are issues in relation to the availability of water and in particular St. Joseph is hard hit with water outages, and we will be, through the Community Independence Secretariat, launching a major initiative with the parish ambassadors very shortly, where we will be joining that national effort in providing that relief to the parish of St. Joseph in particular,” he revealed.

 

“In the meantime, we also want to commend the efforts of volunteers. Barbadians who have already started going into St. Joseph and providing water relief and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth will be shortly making a donation of water to the Water Warriors, a group mainly of artistes, who have joined in the effort to assist with the alleviation of the water shortages in Barbados. We will be playing our part in a big way,” he assured. (JH)