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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Convent girls march for healthy lifestyles

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Students of St Joseph Convent, San Fernando, during their  Walk-a-Fun and Health Fair on Saturday.

Students of St Joseph Convent, San Fernando, during their Walk-a-Fun and Health Fair on Saturday.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

Rad­hi­ca De Sil­va

Se­nior Re­porter

De­ter­mined to pro­mote health­i­er lifestyles, stu­dents of St Joseph Con­vent, in San Fer­nan­do, took to the streets on Sat­ur­day for a live­ly event called “Walk-a-Fun.” 

The event was of­fi­cial­ly opened by Fa­ther David Khan of Our La­dy of Per­pet­u­al Help RC Church, who joined forces with San Fer­nan­do May­or Ju­nia Re­grel­lo to sup­port the stu­dents’ ini­tia­tive.

The stu­dents, with plac­ards ad­vo­cat­ing for healthy liv­ing, danced their way through the streets to the in­fec­tious beats of Patrice Roberts’s hit song, “Drink Wa­ter and Mind Your Busi­ness.”

Khan em­pha­sised the im­por­tance of tak­ing care of both the mind and body, recog­nis­ing the in­te­gral con­nec­tion be­tween the two.

Re­grel­lo com­mend­ed the stu­dents for their ef­forts, high­light­ing that adopt­ing a healthy lifestyle was a goal set by the Unit­ed Na­tions. 

Act­ing prin­ci­pal of the school, Na­dine Joseph-Den­nie, told Guardian Me­dia they had planned a se­ries of ac­tiv­i­ties for the day, in­clud­ing Zum­ba, aer­o­bics, yo­ga, and med­ical test­ing pro­vid­ed by the T&T Med­ical As­so­ci­a­tion. She said the stu­dents cre­at­ed ban­ners en­dors­ing healthy lifestyles.

“To­day we are en­dors­ing good eat­ing, ex­er­cise, re­lax­ation, and yo­ga. We want peo­ple to eat healthy. To­day it would have been tempt­ing to have dou­bles, but in­stead, we are hav­ing wraps, co­conut wa­ter, and fruits. We are in sup­port of re­duc­ing salts, fats, and sug­ar,” Joseph-Den­nie said.

She al­so em­pha­sised the im­por­tance of min­imis­ing fried foods in one’s di­et.

For the stu­dents, the “Walk-a-Fun” event served as a way to re­lieve stress and en­joy them­selves.

Hylee Langlaise, a Form Two stu­dent said: “This walk is about let­ting loose and feel­ing the mu­sic and vibes. It is time for us to in­ter­act and have a good time as a school and so­ci­ety. Healthy foods should be a ba­sic way of life. We are go­ing through ex­ams and stress, and we are hap­py for this event to calm our­selves down and feel peace.”

Lenni­ah Re­my Al­fred, the deputy head girl, said phys­i­cal and men­tal well-be­ing was im­por­tant.

“Many peo­ple suf­fer be­cause of lifestyle dis­eases, and we are try­ing to pro­mote healthy well-be­ing for all. Ex­er­cis­ing reg­u­lar­ly, drink­ing wa­ter, hav­ing a bal­anced di­et, and liv­ing a healthy lifestyle is cru­cial. Lim­it your fast food and eat more fruits and veg­eta­bles,” she said.


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