Al­li­son Ed­wards

Meet Tanasha Dass and Mark Ju­nior, two peo­ple with dif­fer­ent dreams. They were part of a work­shop put on by the British Coun­cil.Dass is 15 years old and has been at the St Jude's Home for Girls, Bel­mont, for the past five years. She said she loved every­thing about the home.When asked what she liked about the pro­gramme, Dass said: "Every­thing. I learnt how to in­ter­act with peo­ple and to con­trol my anger."She be­came emo­tion­al when she spoke about the peo­ple she met and the love and care that was shown to her.Dass said she was sad the pro­gramme had come to an end and hoped there would be more pro­grammes to in­spire the youths.She said she want­ed to be­come an un­der­cov­er de­tec­tive be­cause of the crime sit­u­a­tion in our coun­try.

Mark Ju­nior, on the oth­er hand, is 17 years old and has been at the St Michael's Home for Boys, Diego Mar­tin, for the past five years.He said: "The British Coun­cil pro­gramme taught me how to be a leader."Ju­nior said he wished the pro­gramme could have gone on longer. He, too, got emo­tion­al when talk­ing about the peo­ple he met and had grown to like.When asked about his par­ents, he said: "My fa­ther died and I don't know who my moth­er is."While at the home he's al­lowed to at­tend class­es at Barataria Tech School where he's pur­su­ing com­put­er graph­ics and com­put­er re­pairs.Ju­nior likes singing and hopes to be­come a movie star one day.He said he wants to be able on day to give back to the home and those who helped him along the way.