Tackle March 2021

Caribbean – and indeed the entire
world! – has been feeling the impact
of Covid. While Grenada has
fared well compared to many of its
Caribbean neighbours, we will continue
to feel the impact, directly and
indirectly, in the months and years
ahead. Significantly decreased revenue,
job losses, rotation of workers,
reduction of salaries, decline
in tourism, and closure of businesses
are all common features
of this Covid period. Both children
and parents, especially working
parents, feel the impact of home
schooling, constant virtual learning,
and the drastic reduction in face to
face schooling at traditional school
compounds.
As a people we have faced adversity
in the past and overcome it on
every single occasion: from slavery,
through colonialism, statehood, independence,
revolution, invasion…
not to mention natural disasters
like Hurricanes Janet (1955), Ivan
(2004) and Emily.
So to shall we overcome the challenges
of Covid. In fact, the objective
must be to turn the challenges
into opportunities.
People’s Participation
– A Hallmark of the
Revolution
One of the hallmarks of the revolution
was peoples participation – in
zonal and parish councils, in mass
organizations of pioneers, youth
and women, in the National Students
Council, in the Trade Union
Movement, in community work.
People engaged, people volun-
The period calls for unity, creativity,
organization, mobilization, visionary
leadership, strategic planning, and
peoples participation. It requires
the rekindling of the patriotic spirit
and the injection of a collective
approach to problem solving. Our
leaders, political and otherwise,
must inspire and motivate our people
to work towards the common
good of humanity.
Converting Challenges
to Opportunities
As of March 11th, 2021 the covid
cases continued to rise around the
world, though at a reduced rate. Total
cases worldwide numbered 119
million, with 2.64 million deaths,
and 94.71 million cases recovered.
In the United States alone, the number
of cases exceeded 29.9 million,
with over 543 million deaths.
In the Caribbean, while Grenada
was able to maintain the very impressive
figure of zero (0) for several
weeks, St Vincent, St Lucia
and Jamaica raged in the opposite
direction, with figures spiraling, at
times seemingly out of control.
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