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Zonta Club of Tortola makes $7k donation to HLSCC marine centre
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - The Zonta Club of Tortola on July 1, 2022, presented to the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) with a cheque for $7,000 at a reception hosted at the Centre for Applied Marine Studies (CAMS) in Paraquita Bay.
Zonta honours female STEM teachers in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A number of teachers from three senior schools on Tortola are the first Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM ) subjects teachers in the Territory to be honoured by Zonta as females in male dominated industries.
ZONTA welcomes 4 prominent personalities into its membership
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The ZONTA sisterhood of the Virgin Islands, ZONTA Club of Tortola, has gained further strength as it continues to work towards its set goals and objectives of improving the quality of life of each other and the community.
'We used to be the friendliest people in the world'- VI First Lady
PASEA, Tortola, VI – First Lady Mrs Lorna G. Smith OBE, MA, TEP has offered to work with the ZONTA Club of Tortola to help repair the social fabric of the Virgin Islands community, which she said is in tatters.
ZONTA targets men in fight against violence on Women & Girls
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When ZONTA made the conscious decision that they were going to collaborate with Follow The Movement (FTM) in being a key partner for the recently held ‘Show Love’ seminar, they had a basic objective; to reach out to the male folk who are more often than not the perpetrators of violence of all forms against women and children.
Abused men need protecting too- Anthea L. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Attorney at Law Ms Anthea L. Smith says it is a wise move to tackle the topic of Domestic Violence from all levels especially since there is no known targeting of young men who may be victims of such abuse.
RED ALERT: VI young men in crisis
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Statistics in the age group ranging from 15-30 years recently revealed that 45% of our young men have been incarcerated, 25% are currently booked for court appearances and the remaining 30% are of good standing and have productively stayed out of trouble,” said Mr Craig A. Lake.