Eighty (80) children participated in the Nevis Public Library’s 32nd Summer Environmental Awareness Programme.

That is according to Chief Librarian, Mrs. Anatasia Parris-Morton.

For the two weeks of the program, 40 children aged five to eight years old participated in week one, 40 children ages nine to twelve participated in week two.

The sessions were facilitated by staff from Department of Agriculture with two presenters per week.

According to Mrs. Parris-Morton, for the Camps field trips, the groups “visited the fruit orchard at Cades Bay, the animal farm at Maddens, the fruit orchard at Indian Castle and ended up at the Prospect Agriculture Station.”

The Summer Environmental Awareness Programme started in 1988. There were only two years the program did not take place: 1996 and 2020.

The programme was always held under the theme ‘Our Country, Our People, Our Future’, but each year the organizers would select a sub-theme. This year’s sub-theme was ‘Nourishment is Key to Food Security: Eat Food Grown Locally’.