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Medical mission to SVG
United Vincie Cultural Group of
Brooklyn president, Dr. Roxie Irish.
Photo by Nelson A. King
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By Nelson A. King
Ten members of the United Vincie
Cultural Group of Brooklyn (UVCGB)
and six non-members will leave
Brooklyn on Wednesday, Jul. 17 2019
for the group’s 5th biennial mission to
St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
UVCGB’s president and founder
Dr. Roxie Irish told Caribbean Life on
Tuesday that the group has shipped 17
commercial bins, three barrels and two
crates of medical supplies, purchased
from Vincentian Eugene Beach of
Caribix, for distribution in St. Vincent
and the Grenadines.
Dr. Irish, an evangelical youth
minister at Miracle Temple Ministries
in Brownsville, Brooklyn, said clothing,
shoes, handbags, food and bibles —
which were also shipped — will be
distributed as well in St. Vincent and
the Grenadines.
While on the mission, she said
UVCGB will hand over medical supplies
to five clinics: Belair, Campden Park,
Canouan, Chateaubelair and Sandy
Bay.D
r. Irish, a former St. Vincent and the
Grenadines national netball star, said
clothing will be distributed in Calliaqua,
Chateaubelair and Mesopotamia; and
The Lewis Punnett Home, a home for
the aged, will receive a donation of
pampers.
She said UVCGB will collaborate with
the local Retired Nurses Association
in hosting a health fair while in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines.
Various topics to be discussed include
cancer, diabetes, hypertension, HIV,
mental health and nutrition, Dr. Irish
said.
“UVCGB is still passionate about
being a blessing to others,” she said.
“We know that ‘We are Blessed to
be a blessing,’” she added, invoking the
group’s motto.
After singing and performing folk
songs for 14 years, UVCGB, in May
2017, finally produced and launched its
first CD.
At that time, Dr. Irish told Caribbean
Life, in an exclusive interview, that the
CD, labeled, “Keep We Culture Alive,”
was a “dream come true for us. Very
momentous, indeed!
“We give God praise for His continued
favor on this ministry,” she said after
the launching ceremony, at the group’s
annual fund-raising Tea Party, at the
Golden Hall, at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal
(Anglican) Church, on Hawthorne
Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
“This is only the beginning,” added
Irish. “We’re working very hard; we have
materials in the making. The mission
has always been to furnish medical
supplies to our homeland, but, in the
process, we’re on a quest to promote
our culture.”
The CD – which comprises 11 folk
songs, including “Keep We Culture
Alive,” written by recently-joined
member Ada Johnson, a former school
teacher and High Court Registrar in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines —
was masterminded by Gordon “Don”
Sutherland, a cultural figure, who
joined the group five years ago, and
fellow hometown boy Randolph “Randy”
Liverpool, UVCGB director.
Except for “Moonlight,” all songs
on CD were written by the trio — all
former teachers in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines.
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