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UWI shows ‘Love for Bahamas’ Relief drive underway at St. Augustine Campus

For Release Upon Receipt - September 12, 2019

St. Augustine


Following the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Dorian to The Bahamas, The UWI St. Augustine has launched the ‘Love For Bahamas’ relief campaign. Staff and students across campus have been working together to coordinate a number of fundraising activities and the public is invited to join the campus in making a difference.

In a note to the campus community, Deputy Principal Professor Indar Ramnarine encouraged the community not only to give, but to extend wider support to the Bahamian community. “Here at The UWI St. Augustine Campus are students and staff members from The Bahamas. Many of them may be on hall with you, or in your classes. I urge you to reach out to them as inevitably they will be worried about the well-being of their families and friends. Your kindness and presence will speak volumes,” he said.

The following options have been set up under the ‘Love For Bahamas’ relief campaign:

a.       Online Donations: Persons can make donations online via credit card. Visit the campus’ website at https://sta.uwi.edu and click the ‘Love for Bahamas’ logo for the link to donate.  

b.       Direct Deposits: Persons can deposit funds directly to our UWI (Disaster) Relief Republic Bank Account #160-135-528-301. Alternatively, deposits can be made at the Cashier at the Bursary in the Main Administrative Building and Lloyd Brathwaite Student Administration Building.

c.        Collection of Relief Items: The Guild of Students and Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) are having relief drives for items to send to The Bahamas. Visit their respective social media pages for updates on how you can donate: 

 

In addition to relief efforts, representatives of Campus Management team, met with Bahamian students and staff to offer support. Professional counselling has also been offered. For further information on the Campus’ initiatives and how you can support, contact the Office of the Deputy Campus Principal at Deputy.Principal@sta.uwi.edu.

 

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About The UWI

For more than 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider world. The UWI evolved from a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally respected, regional university with near 50,000 students across five campuses: Cave Hill in Barbados; Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda; Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago; and an Open Campus. Times Higher Education has ranked The UWI among the top 1,258 universities in world for 2019, and the 40 best universities in its Latin America Rankings for 2018 and 2019. The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists.

As part of its robust globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa including the State University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development; the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES); The UWI-China Institute of Information Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies and the Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Sport. As the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost objective is driving the growth and development of the regional economy. For more, visit www.uwi.edu.

 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.) 

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