BASSETERRE ST. Kitts, October 11th, 2012  -- “The A Ganar program touched my life so much that I sometimes want to go back.” These were words that were uttered with such sincerity from the mouth of Nigel Browne, a past participant of the Community Achievers Project (CAP) A Ganar program.

Nigel lived in a suburban community known as “The Village” for most of his life with his mother and sister. Some four months ago, his mother, perceiving a threat to her family, made the decision to migrate to rural community.

In 2010 when the A Ganar program was initiated, CAP headed by Victoria and Sydney Berkeley, was among the original implementing partners and was responsible for training 20 participants. This group committed itself to working with students in the lower streams of the fourth form of the Basseterre High School (BHS), where Nigel was a student.

CAP’s primary goal was to ensure that all the participants of the programme were allowed the opportunity to be promoted to 5th form and write their external CSEC examinations. Nigel credits his participation in the program as the catalyst that helped him to complete his secondary level education.

CAP chose Agriculture as the vocation for the students, confident that it would be a viable trade for individuals and one that can ultimately bring about sustainable development. Nigel recounts that his exposure to training in Agriculture sparked an interest in the trade and he now has a backyard garden at his grandmother’s place where he has planted okras, sweet peppers, herbs and thymes for subsistent consumption.

According to Nigel his favourite A Ganar Core Skill is RESPECT. “I like it because if you don’t show respect you can’t expect to get respect”. Nigel has grown to understand that respect is reciprocated through his involvement in this program. He believes that at times the youth can be misguided and offered these words of encouragement - “there is so much in life that we as young people do not know. This is a program that will help you to stay focused in life because no one knows what can happen to them”

Nigel’s internship was at Windsor University. He reminisced that his most exhilarating experience was viewing a corpse. He believes that the on-site training provided helped him to prepare for the labour force.

Since leaving school he worked for nine (9) months as a landscaper and painter. He notes that although things are challenging now, the skills that he now possesses will help him to find meaningful employment once the wheels of economic activity return to normalcy in the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis.

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