September 2013


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Come, light a candle

The UWI, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Ministry of Food Production and other stakeholders, will host a candlelight vigil on October 17, from 5.45pm to 6.30pm in front of the Main Administration Building at the St. Augustine, Campus.

This vigil is part of the 2013 World Food Day observations with the theme “Sustainable Food Systems for Food and Nutrition Security.”

This simple ceremony is meant to signify the importance of linking the aspirations of the global community with individual commitments to “Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger,” Millennium Development Goal Number One. This year again, as a symbol of global commitment to “Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger,” participants will hold candlelight vigils across all time zones of the planet.

Every year, World Food Day provides a sobering reminder that, in a world of plenty, more than 800 million people go hungry each day. This means that one in 12 people does not get enough food to lead a healthy and active life.

More than a decade after world leaders pledged, at the 1996 World Food Summit, to reduce the number of chronically undernourished people by the year 2015, much still remains to be done.

In Trinidad and Tobago, with sustained economic growth and national prosperity, poverty still affects more than 16% of our population.

Join us and show your commitment to play a part in the effort to reduce poverty, malnutrition and hunger! From our planet.