THE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd. www.sams.sh Vol. SENTINEL1, Issue 51 - Price: £1“serving St Helena and her community worldwide” Th ursday 21 March 2013 Sørlandet Class Afl oat page 18 & 19 Shirley Anderson’s memories in Lifestyle & Culture, pages 16 & 17 THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF A MISSIONARY PHARMACY MOVING HEALTH FORWARD “The UK Chief Medical Offi cer has even said that the growing resistance to anti- HARFORD IN GOOD biotics should be treated as big a threat to the UK as terrorism.” page 12 Cannabis Seized pg 31 Packed with St Helena News inside: VOICE AT SUMMER World Water Day, Popcorn small Earth Hour Saturday pg 3 business, New Prison targets Half SIZZLE SATURDAY Foster Parents needed pg 3 Tree Hollow, Sport + loads more Laparoscopic Camera donation made to hospital Story, page 4 “it is one of the best pieces of equipment on the market actually. I know it will do a lot of good for the people on St Helena.” 2 www.sams.sh Th ursday 21 March 2013 THE SENTINEL ST HELENA NEWS SNIPPETS POPPING FOR PROFIT! Pictured L-R: Sean-Lee Thomas, David Owen, Kirsty Joshua and Colby Thomas and preparing the popcorn. Colby Thomas in the kitchen getting it ready.” explained, “The big bags of popcorn is 60p, Chloe Terry, SAMS Kirsty Joshua, Skills and Youth Development the small popcorn is 30p, two big ones is £1 Coordinator for ESH was also at Harford Pri- and two small ones is 50p.” David Owen felt mary on Monday. She gave some background that they were slightly behind schedule in on the scheme, “It’s defi nitely been a good ini- selling the popcorn, “We didn’t know how tiative, as you can see from the queue waiting Monday 18 March was the long the popcorn would actually take so we to get the popcorn and from the group in the start of a business challenge had quite a big queue out and we couldn’t kitchen, they are all excited and raring to get within each primary school, really serve them so I hope it’s going to be as much profi t made by the end of the week better as we go on.” in order to get the PTA prize money.” Each initiated by Enterprise St A few younger kiddies were assisting the school was given start up ingredients like the Helena to raise awareness of cooks by passing the money from the cus- popcorn, cooking oil and bags. Kirsty added, business operations amongst tomers to the money tin. Shaquille Benjamin “Last week I did a presentation at the schools said, “We’re waiting to sell popcorn!” Rhi- and I told the kids that it was their business, youngsters. ann Joshua added, “It’s been exciting.” they had to run it and get all the ideas of how The objective set to each school was to decide As this was their fi rst day of the business they would like to go about operating it. It’s a on the type of business they would like to op- competition, Advanced Skills Teacher in business stimulation to make them aware on a erate, and carry out that business at lunchtimes English, Marilyn Joshua who was super- basic level how all the aspects of business are over a week to see which school can make the vising the chefs said, “We are calling this run in general.” most profi t. group the guinea pig group as it’s the fi rst Comments from a few children in the queue On Monday SAMS visited Harford Primary day. We’ve found out that we need more time were that the popcorn tasted “brilliant” and School to see how the launch of their popcorn to actually prepare the popcorn in prepara- “it was tasty!” The school which makes the business was going. We were greeted by a long tion for the children going around to sell it. I most profi t from their business will receive the queue of excited children outside the kitchen think the whole idea is brilliant. As you can £100 prize award to their PTA at the end of awaiting their turn to buy a bag of popcorn. see we’ve got a long queue outside, hungry this week. Inside the kitchen, chefs were busy cooking people waiting for popcorn and busy cooks THE SENTINEL Th ursday 21 March 2013 www.sams.sh 3 ST HELENA NEWS SNIPPETS Earth Hour HOMES NEEDED FOR CHILD CARE Lights Out To Save The World This weekend around the world, people will be taking part in Earth Hour 2013. Earth Hour will be held between 8:30pm-9:30pm wherev- er you are in the world. It will entail volunteers turning off all the lights and electricity in their houses and places of work for the hour. Earth Hour is the single, largest, symbolic mass participation event in the world. The organisers hope, is to inspire people to take action on climate change. Earth Hour inspires a global community of over 7000 cities and towns across 152 countries, to switch lights off for an hour as a show of concern for the environment. The fi rst Earth Hour was held in Sydney Aus- tralia, in 2007, where 2.2 million Australians and 2100 businesses participated. Plans were developed to make Earth Hour a national event in Australia, but international interest gether with training programmes and link ups was high and cities began signing up to the n appeal was made last week to the com- A with foster services abroad. “There will defi - Earth Hour campaign from around the globe. munity of St Helena, with the advert ‘Brighten nitely be training on how to deal with diffi cult By 2012 Earth Hour was breaking records and up a child’s world - foster or adopt’ printed in children,” she said. cementing itself as the largest voluntary ac- the Sentinel. Social Services are keen to re- There is a remuneration package available tion, for the environment. cruit foster parents for children of all ages. Dr which has been agreed by SHG this past week. In addition to individual support, Earth Hour Cilla McDaniel, Senior Social Manager Des- “We don’t want St Helena to go up the path has the backing of tens of thousands of busi- ignate came onto the SAMS Radio 1 Sunrise that has happened abroad in the UK, where nesses, including Google, Blackberry, HSBC, show to talk about the subject. “According to fostering is done mainly or in some cases, for IKEA, Nickelodeon, PwC and many other St Helena’s constitution, everybody is entitled the remuneration package available. Remu- multinationals. Earth Hour has attracted sup- to family life,” said Cilla. “Furthermore, we neration will be discussed when people agree port from governments at all levels and high are responsible for ensuring that children who to foster.” profi le global ambassadors including UN Sec- cannot be parented by their biological parents The Sentinel ran an article in issue 2, 5 April retary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Archbishop have access to some form of family life.” The 2012, on foster care. In an interview with Desmond Tutu. advert for fostering and adoption is periodi- Faye Howe and Christine Coleman of Social Earth Hour has been praised for its vision and cally advertised. Services then, we found out that four people reach, receiving MTV’s Good Karma Award, “We are hoping to get a bit more interest this had expressed an interest and three backed out The Gold Banksia Award (Australia’s premier year because it is vital we do have a pool of when they discovered it was ‘Saint’ children environmental honour) and the Cannes Ti- foster carers. Fortunately in St Helena it’s not and not children brought in from overseas. tanium Lion, amongst a host of international very regular [the need for foster care], we have They showed no further interest. Those four accolades. two ‘looked after’ children at the moment. people were only interested in primary aged Andy Ridley, CEO and Co-Founder of Earth One residing at Barnview and one at the fam- children. “I fi nd that quite puzzling,” said Cil- Hour, stated online. “There is no doubt about ily centre at Piccolo Hill. But we need to be la. “I’m not sure why St Helenian people only it: the world is facing some of the most critical ready for emergencies that happens, if in an want to foster children from abroad. I fi nd that environmental challenges in its history. That emergency a parent cannot parent a child for strange and I am quite concerned knowing the may make the journey to a sustainable future whatever reason, if they are ill or have some type of caring mode of St Helenians, the extent seem diffi cult to imagine, but it is far from im- tragedy in the family.” of kinship care and private adoption that goes possible. Change this big, needs you. It needs After two years of appeal for foster care the list on when people work abroad. Very good care every one of us. Together our individual ac- of foster parents remains empty. “We depend is carried out there.” tions add up to make a difference collectively. on the goodwill of family,” said Cilla, “that is With this latest appeal for foster care, Cilla In fact, change is already underway.” defi nitely apparent on St Helena.” hopes to get a few people interested in foster- Cilla told us qualities required of foster par- ing or adoption. “We are looking for people If you fancy doing your part to help save the ents, “I will say here you don’t necessarily with goodwill who really want to take on world, you can make a start by joining the have to be a parent, you can be a person who a child.