00:00On behalf of Zabapik Productions, we would like to offer a small token for appreciation.
00:12Pantrin Bego President Beverly Ramsey Moore has been honored by Zabapik Productions and
00:17was presented with a plaque.
00:19She says it stands out among the 12 awards she received last year, many of them from
00:24international entities.
00:26But to me, the greatest award that I have received, outside of all those awards, including
00:33the Hummingbird Gold, you see this one?
00:39Because it was given to me by a little child, I think it's the greatest of them all.
00:49The Pantrin Bego President expresses a belief that not enough attention is being placed
00:54on children, especially in the early stages of life.
00:57We need more people to pay attention to the womb.
01:04You know when you're making a baby, oh, you're protecting and you're so happy.
01:07And everybody, oh, she's pregnant.
01:09When the baby comes, they're giving you a little money and they're christening and everybody,
01:12oh, the baby's sweet.
01:13Oh, they love these babies so bad.
01:20How many of us in Trinidad and Tobago are giving of our time and talent to nurture the
01:28children after they have been born?
01:31And while people enjoy the steel pan for entertainment, she says, the instrument is more than just
01:37that.
01:38We say pan is spirit and pan will never die.
01:42We say pan is a social tool for continued social transformation.
01:51Ramsey Moore says some steel band leaders are in the panyards from November onwards
01:55nightly nurturing young people.
01:58According to her, sometimes all they need is, quote-unquote, a little pat on the back
02:03to say thank you.
02:05Band leader of Zabapik Productions, Andrew Alling, highlights what he believes is one
02:10of the problems hindering people in certain communities from getting the assistance they
02:15need.
02:16A lot of people sit in offices and make decisions on crime.
02:20They don't go to the community to see what is the problem.
02:23So you're putting a plaster on something you don't know about.
02:28So let us make a decision to do this now, right, put a plaster on what we don't know
02:32is the problem.
02:33Come out of the office and go down and engage the community.
02:38Alling says the stigma placed on Laventille remains, despite rampant crime taking place
02:44in various parts of the country.
02:46Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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