Red Foundation Expands C.H.A.M.P

The Community High Achievers Mentoring Programme (CHAMP), soon to be launched in St Philip to help at-risk youth, could become a national initiative if all goes well.

That’s according to Dr The Most Honourable Stedson Red Plastic Bag Wiltshire, patron and founder of the Red Foundation which conceptualised the programme that will be executed with funding from the Maria Holder Memorial Trust.

“I believe that this model we are trying to develop here is one that can be used nationally. Nobody can question the need for a programme like this across Barbados,” he said when the Red Foundation hosted a CHAMP town hall meeting at the Hilda Skeene Primary School on the weekend.

“We see our young children struggling, there are so many children who are at risk . . . . I know a lot of attention is paid to physical infrastructure in Barbados but I think it is very important that we have to build people.

Excerpt from : Barbados Today

Published: October 3, 2023