Barbados Association for Children With Intellectual Challenges

Barbados Association for Children With Intellectual Challenges

The Barbados Association for Children With Intellectual Challenges, formerly the Barbados Association for Mentally Retarded Children, is a charitable organization in Barbados for children and adults with mental retardation. It was founded in 1964. The Association was incorporated by an Act of the Barbados Parliament, Barbados Association for Mentally Retarded Children Act, 1969-15, which was subsequently amended to change the association's name.[1] It is a member of the Barbados Council for the Disabled.[2] The body is financed partly by the government. The association operates the Challenor Creative Arts & Training Centre.

Leadership

Cecil de Caires was president of the association from 1969 to 1973.[3] Dr. Jennifer Campbell now serves as the chairman on the board of management and Sharonne Taitt is the current director.

Challenor Creative Arts & Training Centre

The centre is located at Cane Field, Saint Thomas, Barbados. It has two divisions, the children's school and the adult trainee section. While the school section closes during the vacation period, the trainee section remains open for an extended period. In 2006 it was on the verge of closure due to financial problems[4] but in the end funds were received, renovations were made and it was reopened as a state-of-the-art facility. The Barbados Children's Trust have assisted by providing Challenor Creative Arts & Training Centre with specialised educational material and equipment and other resources.[5]

There are workshops organised into six sections:

  1. Food Preparation
  2. Woodworking
  3. Sewing and Craft
  4. Computer
  5. Music
  6. Agriculture

References

  1. ^ "Barbados Association for Mentally Retarded Children (Amendment) Act, 2006". Barbados Parliament. Document creation date: May 13, 2006. http://www.barbadosparliament.com/htmlarea/uploaded/File/Bills/Bill_Barbados_Association_Mentally_Retarded_Children_Act_1969-15.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
  2. ^ "Member Organisations", Barbados Council for the Disabled
  3. ^ "Cecil de Caires dies in Barbados at 86". Stabroek News. Reproduced at Guyana: Land of Six Peoples. November 6, 2003. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news304/ns311069.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
  4. ^ "Barbados Cricket World Cup 2007 - 'Nothing Else Matters To The Powers That Be', Barbados Free Press, June 15, 2006
  5. ^ "The Barbados Children's Trust"


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