Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 06th, 2011 (SKNIS): The highlight of this year’s commemoration of CARICOM-Cuba Day, Thursday, December 8, is a Health Clinic that takes place in Independence Square from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
 
A collaborative effort between the Cuban Alumni Association, the Cuban Medical Brigade, the Cuban Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the CARICOM-Cuba Day Health Clinic will feature screenings for hypertension and diabetes as well as health talks. 
 
President of the Cuban Alumni Association Dr. Dwayne Archibald informed SKNIS that this year his organization and its partners decided that the health clinic would be quite appropriate to celebrate the 39th Anniversary, since the CARICOM-four of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations with Cuba.
 
“We noted that oftentimes Kittitians, particularly men, do not pay attention to their health,” stated Dr. Archibald.  “Particularly at this time of year, as we go into the Carnival season, when people are enjoying themselves by dancing, eating and drinking, we want to remind them that they should not fully enjoy themselves without taking care of their health.  We need to be in good health for ourselves personally, as well as for the development of our society.”
 
Other activities in commemoration of CARICOM-Cuba Day include media messages, by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Honourable Sam Condor and Resident Cuban Ambassador His Excellency Jorge Desiderio Payret Zubiaur.  These broadcasts will take place on CARICOM-Cuba Day. 
 
Additionally, collaboration with the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) and Ambassador Payret enabled a showing of the Documentary Film “Los Hijos de Baraguá” or the Children of Baraguá, last Monday, December 05. 

Coordinated by CFBC lecturer Sheila Morris, the documentary was designed chiefly for students taking Spanish and History and featured several residents of Baraguá, Cuba, who are descendants of immigrants from the English Speaking Caribbean. 

As such, many of them continue traditions such as a particular mode of dress, cooking, dancing the May Poll and Carnival Parades.  An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that participants expressed pleasure with the content and production quality of the documentary.
 
December 08 was officially designated CARICOM-Cuba Day by the 2002 Havana Declaration.
 

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