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ACTIVITIES AT WASA
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CELEBRATING ONE FAMILY
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
THROUGH CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
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Extra-curricular activities such as the annual celebration of Emancipation Day, Divali and a revitalised Sports & Family Day helped generate a new feeling of warmth and togetherness among employees during the year.
Employees were virtually dancing in the corridors, a practice given meaningful life when CEO Errol Grimes handed over a refurbished building for use by the Sports and Cultural Club.
This change in attitude impacted positively on the work ethic and in conformity with the holistic nature of the human relations practice introduced as part of the restructuring programme. The Authority feels that this could very well be a model for other entities dealing with large numbers of people.
The Emancipation celebrations, spread over two days was simply magnificent, involving the public with an open-air service and procession from the George Earle Park, St. Joseph, where the body of run-away slave Daaga had been buried after his execution for leading a rebellion. The Sports & Family Day and the Divali Celebrations, marked with a Queen show and cultural programme were just as successful.
Those events were the largest of their type in the history of the Authority.
Re-opening of the Arena Reservoir brought out hundreds of employees and other members of the public to enjoy a day of fun consisting of pony rides, kayaking, song and dance.
Such cultural expressions could only serve to spread the spirit of goodwill that we must all adhere to if we are to reach the heights of success in our endeavours.
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TEACHING CHILDREN THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER
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WASA through the External Relations Unit has been reaching out to the young people through a Schools Outreach Programme targeting primary and secondary school children.
The objective is to inform and educate them about the importance of water, the treatment process that WASA uses to make our water safe and ways to save and conserve the precious resource.
Workbooks, reading material and pencils are also distributed to students.
Last year, our External Relations Unit visited 20 schools where lectures were given to hundreds of students, ranging from ages 7 to 13 years.
Among them were Mundo Nuevo Primary School in the east, Mucurapo Girls RC School in the west, Rousillac Presbyterian School in south and Toco Composite School in north Trinidad.
The response from students and teachers alike has been tremendous, with many requests for follow-up visits. The Authority also manned exhibition booths at various public events.
The programme is being expanded this year to include sister-isle Tobago.
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