Breige Wil­son

Screams, hugs and count­less kiss­es greet­ed the new­ly crowned Miss Jaycees Car­ni­val Queen 2010, Cher­rese De Abreau, as she made a sur­prise vis­it to the stu­dents at the Na­tion­al Cen­tre for Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties (NCPD), San Fer­nan­do, on March 12.

It was a rather emo­tion­al vis­it as De Abreau made her way in­to sev­er­al class­rooms, sur­pris­ing the stu­dents with her re­gal yet hum­ble pres­ence.

Both teach­ers and stu­dents were so ex­cit­ed to see her that they all rushed to em­brace her. De Abreau spent some­time talk­ing to the stu­dents about school and they all said they were ex­ceed­ing­ly hap­py she won the pageant. Ac­cord­ing to Keisha Sir­jue Singh, West In­dies vice-pres­i­dent of the Ju­nior Cham­ber In­ter­na­tion­al T&T, "Miss Jaycees Car­ni­val Queen helps to raise aware­ness for the cen­tre."

LEFT: Jaycees Car­ni­val Queen 2010 Cher­rese De Abreau hugs a stu­dent of the book­bind­ing class dur­ing her March 12 vis­it to the Na­tion­al Cen­tre for Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties.

RI­HGT: NCPD gar­ment con­struc­tion stu­dent Khadi­jah Mo­hammed gives Jaycees Car­ni­val Queen 2010 Cher­rese De Abreau sewing tips dur­ing her vis­it to the school.

Singh said the cen­tre pre­pares stu­dents for the world-of-work by equip­ping them with skills that would al­low them to fend for them­selves in so­ci­ety. Cours­es at the cen­tre in­clude: hair­dress­ing, weld­ing, wood­work, print­ing, book­bind­ing, agri­cul­tur­al sci­ence, gar­ment con­struc­tion and of­fice ad­min­is­tra­tion. De Abreau will con­tin­ue to par­tic­i­pate in fund-rais­ing ef­forts through­out her reign. Part of the pro­ceeds will go to the Na­tion­al Cen­tre for Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties.