Ryan Ba­choo

Lead Ed­i­tor - News­gath­er­ing

ryan.ba­choo@cnc3.co.tt

The Geri­atric So­ci­ety of Trinidad and To­ba­go (GSTT) brought to­geth­er chil­dren, fam­i­lies, health­care providers and com­mu­ni­ty part­ners for a mul­ti-gen­er­a­tional out­reach pro­gramme held at the Diego Mar­tin North Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre on April 11.

The ini­tia­tive aimed at strength­en­ing com­mu­ni­ty en­gage­ment and well­be­ing.

The main ac­tiv­i­ty was an art ses­sion led by cater­er Josephine Berment. Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 20 chil­dren be­tween the ages of ten and 12 took part in a di­a­mond paint­ing ses­sion.

The chil­dren were se­lect­ed from schools in Port-of-Spain and Diego Mar­tin West. Each child re­ceived a paint­ing kit and kept the com­plet­ed work.

An el­der­ly tu­tor guid­ed the ses­sion and pro­vid­ed in­struc­tions. Josephine Berment al­so shared ideas on us­ing card­board and oth­er ma­te­ri­als to cre­ate bracelets, hous­es and dec­o­ra­tions.

Eye test­ing was con­duct­ed by Val­ue Op­ti­cal. Health check-ups were pro­vid­ed to par­ents, guardians and oth­er peo­ple by UWI med­ical stu­dents un­der the su­per­vi­sion of Dr Ram­saran. The stu­dents al­so in­vit­ed peo­ple to par­tic­i­pate in a study on the aged.

Blood pres­sure and blood sug­ar test­ing were car­ried out by the staff of CVA Ltd.

The So­ci­ety ex­pressed ap­pre­ci­a­tion to com­pa­nies and or­gan­i­sa­tions that sup­port­ed the pro­gramme.

The event was at­tend­ed by rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion, Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Diego Mar­tin West and For­mer First La­dy Zu­lai­ka Has­sanali.

The So­ci­ety al­so thanked the man­age­ment com­mit­tee of the Diego Mar­tin North Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre for the use of the fa­cil­i­ty.

GSTT said the pro­gramme formed part of its out­reach ef­forts.