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Vol. 9,SENTINEL Issue 26 - Price: £1 “serving St Helena and her community worldwide” Thursday 24 September 2020 IEG disbanded as SHG instates Covid-19 new Covid-19 command structure affecting Anglican Historic bell Church restored at services Knollcombes Chapel Bradley’s declared unsuitable for children under 10 Community New Darwin Outreach class project: visits SAMS Vertebrate Control Acting Chief of Police to be in charge for foreseeable future 2 www.sams.sh Thursday 24 September 2020 | THE SENTINEL THE SENTINEL | Thursday 24 September 2020 www.sams.sh 3 OPINION YOUR LETTERS YOUR LETTERS Dear Editor, there is no real future other than event was “Building for the manifests of the RMS St Helena I would like to thank all those on to leave ...and Covid has stopped Future.” This was chosen to and other ships, where I saw lists the island who were helped me SENTINEL I have been giving thought as that. enable participants to showcase of goods from contraceptives during my two stays, as they all why the island has suddenly seen The resulting anger and their proposals for the building to gravestones and everything in some way contributed to the COMMENT an increase in vandalism and frustration and lack of direction on the Prevention is Better than between that was needed to be creation of WEHD. Donna Crowie, SAMS while not condoning the actions is taken out on (mainly) Cure role that has been central to imported. I feel it appropriate to dedicate of the young people involved, government property but how Environmental Health for almost The theme this year is: the event this year to the memory Do you still have a fear about maybe we should put ourselves in else can a young person assert 200 years, as well as providing an Environmental Health, A Key of my Senior Medical Officer, Covid-19 coming to the island? their shoes. their place in the world and what opportunity to raise awareness of Public Health Intervention In Dr Peter Summers FRCS, who But do you also still feel that you These young people have example are the government the particular role in improving the Disease Pandemic Prevention. was a great support to me and need a vacation, or just a break grown up with the promise of an setting, destroying the places they condition of housing, something Although rather wordy, this is a firm advocate for the role of from it all? airport that was going to change can go like, Ruperts Beach. Who I was acutely aware of following particularly fitting as the world Environmental Health. Peter I bet most of us feel this way at St Helena forever. Throughout are the vandals, the youngster the 1985 House Condition Survey faces the Covid-19 pandemic. sadly died on September 16 aged the moment. I was thinking that even though their time in education they tagging the Castle wall or those on the Island and then observing A profession established to 86 at his home in Kerikeri in New South Africa will be opening soon have been told that there would desecrating the islands culture the improvements in 2002. eliminate Cholera outbreaks Zealand. His obituary stated that for international flights, and even be more opportunities for them and our children’s heritage? A further purpose of WEHD was in 1800s Britain is well placed ... “In his long and interesting though we are getting the UK to work and travel and to build to raise awareness of the United to tackle the current outbreak. medical career, the Island of charter flights coming in, I still their lives here when the airport Yours sincerely Nations Millennium Development Working in the background and St. Helena, remains his most feel it’s still safer to stay here at opened. The islands limited Catherine Turner Goals, now replaced by the never receiving anything like rewarding time”. the moment. resources for education have been Jamestown Sustainable Development Goals. the status of our clinical health But that doesn’t mean we can’t (understandably) targeted at From a personal perspective colleagues, environmental health Les Milne get that vacation. producing a generation of young my ideas on sustainability and has a key role in protecting and FCIEH CEnvH There are so many ways you can people ready help the island move particularly our interdependence improving the health of the UK have a vacation/staycation on the Dear Editor, island. forward. Subjects like art and were born out of my port community and avoiding the need All the places that tourists use music have been poorly funded health duties and checking the for costly medical interventions. and love when they visit are compared to those subjects that It is good to see that St Helena currently empty and I bet places would aid tourism and leisure. The actively participates in so many like Blue Lantern and Farm Lodge message to those less academic world and international days, would be able to help you out. or more artistic children is that but your readers are probably But for those who want to be their skills and talents are not as unaware that a forthcoming more adventurous, or to go further worthy as IT, maths and English. world day has its origins in St August off the beaten track (but to still The youth club established for the Helena. September 26 is now stay indoors) then Rock Mount, development of art, drama and celebrated across the globe as Rock Rose House and Blue Hill World Environmental Health Day 2020 Community Centre are all good music has more or less closed due Births Deaths places. You could even have a to lack of funding. There is not (WEHD). I had the privilege of camping adventure somewhere like a single play area in Jamestown proposing such a day in a report to the International Federation register Name: Malakai Elliott Dave Hercules Name: Robert James Green Lemon Valley (if you want to be by for children – How valued do you Born: 10/08/2020 Died: 01/08/2020 Age: 67 the sea) or Thompson’s Wood (for think our young people feel? of Environmental Health (IFEH) a more mountainous camping trip). What will happen to the young which accepted the proposal Name: Parker Anthony Coleman Name: James Frederick Piek I know the weather hasn’t been people involved, a criminal record and the now annual event was Born: 16/08/2020 Died: 14/08/2020 Age: 75 the best – it does seem to be a to blight the rest of their lives or inaugurated in 2011, gaining really rough winter – but we are greater recognition each year. Name: Lennox Leona Williams-Legg Name: Wavell Hercules Arthur Thomas lucky that we are still free from would this be a legitimate reason The idea for such a year came to Born: 25/08/2020 Died: 18/08/2020 Age: 75 this pandemic (even if we are not to use restorative justice? free in mind, as we think about The reality for our teenagers me from my experience of working family and friends overseas who is, that despite being pushed in Environmental Health on the are in the middle of it all). to take tourism and related island from 1983-86 and again But we can still go to work, kids subjects at school and despite all in 2002, as well as maintaining SHG disbands IEG, introduces new command can still go to school, we can still the promises they have grown contact with friends. On the island go in the shop and get what we up with... it has not happened. I saw how awareness raising and structure for Covid-19 need, go for a stroll, go to the gym, Worse, their horizons have campaigning could be achieved Andrew Turner, SAMS party on the weekends and still become more limited not less. on minimal budgets by linking have that close-to-home vacation. onto global campaigns. A notable by the Emergency Planning be supported by Bronze There are very few scholarships HG has changed its command Today be thankful and think how one that I recall was World Blood S Department) will report directly Commanders, who will be rich you are. for university and those available structure for its response to the Donor Day, when colleagues in to Executive Council on strategic responsible for the operational Your family is priceless, your time are only in subjects with a direct Covid-19 pandemic. the Public Health Department or political issues. side of the response. is gold and your health is wealth. benefit to the island i.e. tourism, The change follows a review would use the day to recruit more Tactical decisions will be carried For more on this new command IT, engineering not art, music etc. by the Emergency Planning donors. This encouraged me out by Silver Commanders. These structure, how it compares to For young people especially the Department. to develop the idea of a similar decisions will be in areas including the IEG and why the change was South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd., more creative ones there are no In the new structure, Executive day to gain recognition for the command support, health made, listen to SAMS Radio 1 at The Media Centre, Castle Gardens, real outlets for their talents and Council will replace the Incident work of Environmental Health management, communications, 1pm this Sunday for an interview Jamestown, St Helena, South Atlantic little to do except hang around. Executive Group (IEG) with a professionals around the world. the economy, business continuity with SHG officials about these Ocean, STHL 1ZZ.

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