Tuesday, July 14, 2009


Back row, from left, Nyol Manswell, Rudolph “Culture Tonic” Quintero, Joseph Vautor “Mighty Lingo” La Placeiere, Anthony Tom, Kern Tyson and Carlos Greene.

Front row, from left, Lloyd Gervais, Darrion Jaikaran, Ramsaroop, Samaroo, Asha “Sweetheart” Kamachee, Bhawani Persad and Anthony “Lord Almanac” Francis.



Thank You for Your Contributions

“PAVI”, persons associated with visual impairment leads the way,
In honouring their outstanding folks in this month of May.
Amongst the notable receiving the National Acclaim Award in Trinidad and Tobago,
Is the National Extempo Hat-tricks Champion, Mr. Joseph Vautor La Placeiere, “Mighty Lingo”.
We are also honouring Ms. Asha “Sweet Heart” Kamachee,
For her sterling contributions in the field of Soca Chutney.
Paying homage to this legendary dynamic performer,
We salute Mr. Anthony “Lord Almanac” Francis, for his long standing contributions in the calypso arena.
On the international stage we have Mr. Carlos Greene,
The visually-impaired champion power-lifting machine.
Ms. Tessa Pascall graciously receives the award in the category Tenacity,
In obtaining her Business Management, Bachelor of Arts degree.
Also receiving an award in this category is Mr. Ramsaroop Samaroo,
For developing mobile skills enabling him to whatever he wants to do.
In the category of Culture for his contributions in calypso and rapso,
We have the legendary Mr. Rudolph “Culture Tonic” Quintero.
Despite their challenges these school achievers excelled and did very well,
In the category of Academics we have Mr. Darrion Jaikaran and Mr. Nyol Manswell.
Taking the game beyond the boundaries in the category, Mass Communication,
Is the only visually-impaired cricket commentator, Mr. Kern Tyson.
Weaving his way from the basket to transmission,
Barriers in media were broken by Mr. Anthony Tom.
For his long standing contributions to the blind community,
Mr. Bhawani Persad topped the Community Service category.
The development of the PAVI Siparia Support Group paved the way,
For this contribution we would like to thank Mr. Lloyd Gervais.
As we can now see, being visually-impaired is not a disability,
Rather, it’s an opportunity for doing things differently.
By: Mtima Solwazi & Hazel Cyrus-Solwazi, Trinidad

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