Story courtesy of the voice news online

The future of the banana industry in St Vincent and the Grenadines is the new talking point amongst students there and in the UK following an education tour of officials to Britain recently.

The tour was organised by the St Vincent diaspora organisation SV2G.

The delegation visited community groups and schools in High Wycombe, holding a series of Caribbean Heritage and Cultural workshops.

Jacqueline Roberts vice-chair of SV2G said: “The whole tour has been very successful. We have accomplished our aim of raising an awareness of Caribbean heritage and culture.

“This is just the beginning for SV2G as we have a number of programmes lined in our education project. We have had a productive meeting with the Local Education Authority, Buckinghamshire Chiltern University College and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

“I look forward to following up these meetings of which we enhance and further the work of SV2G. We are privilege to have been sponsored by the Lottery Fund, Windward Bananas, Unesco and the World Bank,” Roberts said.

The visit took place between March 17-25.

After Brooklyn, New York, High Wycombe in the UK has the largest Vincentian community in the world outside St Vincent itself.