00:00Thank you, thank you, thank you from my heart. Thank you.
00:08Medal of Merit Gold, National Awardee and founder of the Each One Teach One School, Wayne Jordan,
00:14was on the receiving end of the philanthropic efforts today,
00:18as he and four children were gifted a new home courtesy the Children's Arc NGO,
00:23allowing Jordan to continue his good work.
00:26Each One Teach One is not a school that comes with only preschoolers.
00:30They are special children.
00:32They are children who are preschool, who have been prepared for the primary school.
00:37They are children who never went to a school, and I would take them in.
00:41They are also children who are from the Caribbean islands, who have no status,
00:46and have been home and would not want somewhere to go.
00:51And then we have children from CELOT and Environment, we also have children from the Children's Authority.
00:57Jordan had reached out to the Children's Arc NGO after bad weather significantly damaged the home.
01:04Sometime during the last rainy season, Wayne called, terribly upset.
01:09I think the weather was how it was a while ago.
01:12Terribly upset.
01:14He was seeking urgent help as the water was pouring through his roof in every room
01:20for the tremendous public service that Wayne has contributed to the BDAM community,
01:25particularly the hundreds of children.
01:28There is no one more deserving of this gift of a new home than Wayne Jordan and his children.
01:34We salute you, Wayne, and we wish you all much happiness in your new home.
01:38But she lamented that the process was frustrated by gang activity in the area.
01:43Mr. Wilson's workmen live in the area, and they could not come into this area of the BDAM
01:52because of a specific gang.
01:56It was all about the gangs, and the workmen could not come in for obvious reasons.
02:03They feared for their life and so forth.
02:08Labor was difficult due to some of his workmen who lived in the area and gangs.
02:12He eventually found migrant workers, women and other workmen who came from Mayaro.
02:19National Security Minister and MP for Lavantal West Fitzgerald Hines
02:23was scheduled to deliver the feature address but did not attend due to the inclement weather.
02:29Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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