Friday 22nd April 2005

Foster’s Helps Schools: The grocery store continues its active corporate sponsorship, donating children’s bikes to four merit shop programmes, workbenches to four reception classes and a large sidewinder bike to North Side Primary School to serve as an incentive for children in the school’s literacy programme.
Government Aid for Farmers: The programme will help with fence restoration, and will offer livestock feed, planting materials, fertilizers and soil ameliorants at reduced costs. Farmers will also be able to apply for a combination of interest free loans and grants to repair infrastructure and replace livestock.
HIV/AIDS Seminar for Religious Leaders: “Churches have strengths, they have credibility, and they are grounded in communities,” a Seventh-day Adventist spokesperson pointed out. “This offers them the opportunity to make a real difference in combating HIV/AIDS.”
News Briefs - Culture: The National Gallery hosted a course taught by Bendel Hydes; it will also be holding lunchtime lectures, and applications are available for the Gallery’s Artists Away prgramme.
TVET Conference on Workforce Skills: An all-day Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) conference on Monday, 2 May, will highlight the importance of developing fully accredited competency-based training and certification for a wide range of skilled workers
Vaccination Week in the Americas 23-30 April 2005: The Minister of Health says, “Cayman’s children enjoy exceptional health,…However we must remember that we are part of a world where intercontinental travel is an everyday occurrence, and infections that are still common in other parts of the world, for example polio and diphtheria, could easily spread when vaccination is neglected.”

Friday 22nd April 2005

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