00:00The detergent making workshop for boys between the ages of 10 and 15 was held in Orange Hill, Tobago.
00:08Participants were introduced to the fundamentals of detergent manufacturing,
00:13including the mixing, measuring and packaging processes.
00:17I think that a large portion of what we are trying to do for young men,
00:22it's pretty much what we have been given, you know, that helps us now.
00:26That's the whole concept of mentorship.
00:30So we have been deciding that what we're going to do is that we're going to mentor a lot of our boys at a very early age.
00:37Mr. Jones says his passion for manufacturing was shaped at a young age,
00:42crediting his uncle for teaching him the trade when he was just 11 years old.
00:49I happen to have been a beneficiary of the mentorship,
00:52even of my own uncle in the same chemical business that has me in it today.
00:57And he mentored me at the age of 11.
01:00So I actually started manufacturing and started learning the process around the same age these boys were.
01:07So, you know, it was something that I was just happy to do.
01:09Beyond detergent making, the workshop focused on building confidence, discipline and self-worth,
01:16reminding the boys that regardless of life's challenges,
01:20each experience contributes to something meaningful.
01:24We produce a large range of household products and industrial products, right?
01:30We are actually a chemical manufacturing company.
01:33And what we do is that we don't do what you call the repackaging.
01:38We actually manufacture chemicals from the raw material, from the basic acids and salts and surfactants.
01:44So that helps our young men when they do get into this to see the actual process.
01:51Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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