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World Environment Day – 2012 – Message

World Environment Day is an annual event aimed at celebrating positive environmental actions globally. World Environment Day activities take place throughout the year, but climax on June 5th every year. Through the observance of World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks to “personalise environmental issues and mobilise everyone to realise not only their responsibility, but also their power to become agents for change in support of sustainable and equitable development”. The theme for World Environment Day 2012 is Green Economy: Does it include you? For us at Caribbean Council for the Blind and the Foundation for Eye …

CCB Programme Highlights 2011

During the year under review, CCB/Eye Care Caribbean, with the support of its Members and Partners,continued to execute its mandate, and several activities were implemented.The following are some of the highlights (pdf).

2011 Annual Meeting of National Vision 2020 Committees

Purpose of the meeting: This meeting will provide a platform for sharing, learning and networking and will strengthen links between V2020 committees and persons involved in eye health: Planning, management or service delivery. Participants will become familiar with perspectives from other areas and will be exposed to new thinking, technologies and opportunities that they can use to benefit eye health service delivery in their countries. Dates: Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd December, 2011 Venue: Hyatt Hotel, Port Of Spain Trinidad & Tobago Participants: Representatives of: Ministries of Health and civil society organizations involved in development of eye health services across CARICOM. Presentations by Natonal Delegations: Each national delegation …

Cricket for the Blind – 6th Regional Championships

Cricket for the Blind – 6th Regional Championships Melbourne Cricket Oval, Kingston, Jamaica July 15 – July 21, 2011 The 6th Regional Championships of Cricket for the Blind were held in Jamaica from July 15th to 21st, 2011. In the final match held at the Melbourne Cricket Oval, Trinidad and Tobago defeated Jamaica in Twenty/20 Finals. Trinidad and Tobago scored 188 for the loss of 2 wickets off 20 overs. The top scorer was Poyah Jenson with the score of 68 not out.