VINLEC ASSISTS WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION

Three new scholarship recipients have been welcomed to St Vincent Electricity
Services Limited’s Education Awards Scheme.
The awardees: Kaela Bobb, Mesah Salandy, and Alina Gilbert were presented with their
awards on August 31st during the Scholarship Awards Ceremony.

Dr Vaughn Lewis, Chief Executive Officer (Ag) congratulated the awardees and offered words
of advice as they embarked on their new academic journeys.
“I am not a pastor but I believe that God created us for a specific purpose. We must find that purpose and contribute to the world,” he said.

The CEO (ag) noted that VINLEC is a diverse company with more than 300 employees, which lends itself well to assisting recipients with carving out their respective career paths.
He further advised recipients to strive to be well-rounded individuals and to listen to the
guidance of their parents. Lewis said “the academic part of your life is important but there is more to life than academics. Participate in other activities; in school, in church”.
Noel Jackson, General Secretary, National Workers Movement (NWM) also delivered remarks at the award ceremony. He urged the 2022 recipients to fully utilize the opportunity provided.
“This opportunity that has been provided to you; you must grab it with both hands so that at the end of the five years of secondary school you will come out with a handful of subjects…do
your Bachelors, because that is the world. You must not restrict your vision…you must see
yourself as a citizen of the world,” Jackson said.
The NWM representative urged parents not to dismiss their children, but to listen to them
keenly and provide the parental guidance and protection that is necessary.

VINLEC’s Education Award Scheme has assisted employees in the educational development of their children for the past 38 years. Annually, a maximum of five students receive assistance

for their secondary school education, and two students receive assistance for tertiary
education.