RYAN BA­CHOO

Lead Ed­i­tor – News­gath­er­ing

The Wel­fare Build­ing at St. Mary's Chil­dren's Home (SM­CH) re­cent­ly un­der­went a trans­for­ma­tion, thanks to the skilled team at the MIC In­sti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy (MIC-IT).

The Wel­fare build­ing has been ren­o­vat­ed to pro­vide a safer and more com­fort­able space for the chil­dren. Lo­cat­ed in Tacarigua, it was of­fi­cial­ly re­opened last week Wednes­day (Jan­u­ary 17, 2024).

St Mary's Chil­dren's Home chair­man, Fa­ther An­der­son Maxwell, com­mend­ed MIC-IT for its sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the re­fur­bish­ment ini­tia­tive.

MIC-IT’s As­sis­tant Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, Can­dice Austin, not­ed that the team ren­o­vat­ed the hard­wood floor­ing, elec­tri­cal, plumb­ing, gyp­sum, and paint­ing, all with­in a mere five months. 

“Not on­ly did it re­sult in fa­cil­i­ty up­grades for the St. Mary’s Chil­dren’s Home, but it al­so pro­vid­ed on-site train­ing for the HYPE & MuST Laven­tille Trainees. The trainees took great pride in their hands-on learn­ing ex­pe­ri­ence, know­ing that their work pos­i­tive­ly im­pact­ed all stake­hold­ers at the home,” Austin said.

MIC-IT con­tin­ues to col­lab­o­rate with the St. Mary’s Chil­dren’s Home, with Trainees from the St. Be­de Tech­nol­o­gy Cen­tre’s Wood­work­ing Ap­pren­tice­ship Pro­gramme (WoodAP).

The Trainees are cur­rent­ly work­ing on con­struct­ing cup­boards for the Boy's Dor­mi­to­ry at the Home, with guid­ance and sup­port from their In­struc­tors Kevin Bertrand and Oronde Tim­o­thy who are over­see­ing this project, en­sur­ing its suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion.