In any part of the world there is suf­fer­ing but this does not mean I am less sad­dened by the suf­fer­ing I see in Trinidad and To­ba­go. There­fore, my heart warms when I no­tice CEPEP work­ers reach­ing out to their neigh­bours, their com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers.

Many of them have been as­sist­ing those less for­tu­nate, those dis­abled by re­pair­ing their homes. Many of them have al­so reached out to chil­dren and have been as­sist­ing poor fam­i­lies who can­not af­ford to pur­chase their schools books for their young ones.

As we con­tin­ue to live in this great na­tion, I wish that we all reach out to our neigh­bours be­cause we can tru­ly build bet­ter com­mu­ni­ties if we unite and put aside anger, greed and dif­fer­ences. We need each oth­er to push our na­tion for­ward.Thank you CEPEP and Trinidad and To­ba­go for show­ing kind­ness.

Lau­ra Pat­ter­son

Barataria