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A United Caribbean Trust (UCT) fund has been created to oversee the disbursement of donated funds to the islands of the Caribbean. The advent of hurricane Ivan has prompted an initiative to fast track an aid programme to deal with donations raised for the specific assistance of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique and now Guyana.

The objects of the Trust shall be the relief of poverty, improvement to the environment, the advancement of health and education, care, nurture, re-housing and rehabilitation of those effected by natural disasters. The development of human resource skills to manage natural disasters and any other purposes beneficial to the community to be carried out within the Geographical Area (as defined herein) as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit.

It is the intention of UCT to promote and encourage youth sports as a way of fund raising and character building. Football is one of our sporting options and football holidays will become part of our school twinning program and holiday fund raising exercise. UCT is seeking funding from Digicel as we promote football throughout the Caribbean.

Below a news flash from the Nation News

- Friday 11, February-2005

That’s what Digicel group sponsorship director Marguerite Cremin (with cup) seems to be asking Barbados’ footballers, captain John Parris (third right), Norman Forde (second right) and Michael Forde (right) at yesterday’s ceremony for the Digicel Caribbean Cup finals. President of the Barbados Football Association Ronald Jones (left) and Sahra O’Neil, Digicel’s head of marketing/communication look on.
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Barbados striker Rondell Vaughan (on ground) being attended by a paramedic druing in last Sunday’s match against Guyana.


INJURIES AND LACK of firepower up front are the major worries facing Barbados ahead of itsfirst game of the Digicel Caribbean Cup Football finals against Cubaon Sunday.

Technical director Reinhard Fabisch made the observation following Barbados’ 3-3 drawwith Guyana in an exciting match at the National Stadium last Sunday night.

“Key players Michael Forde and Llewellyn Riley are not there so we don’t have depth enough inthe striking force,”Fabisch said.

Fabisch said he was still waiting for any news from the Barbados Football Association (BFA) about foreign-based players. Paul Ifill, of last year’s FA Cup finalist Millwall, who represented Barbados in last year’s World Cup qualifier against St Kitts and Nevis, is on the injured list and unavailable.

“They are very quiet about that and it could be seen tonight (Sunday) that without foreign-based players, we have problems up front, especially with the injuries,”he said.

The 55-year-old German added that he was very happy with the commitment of the players and noted that he took the decision to restrict the workload of some of the other key players.

“We had to rest a few players like Norman Forde because obviously they were targeting him and we wanted to avoid any injury of our play-maker.

“Of course, when youtake two or three key players out of the team, it disrupts the whole game plan and I am sure if we had continued with the same technical line-up, we would have given them (Guyana) four, five, six goals,” Fabisch noted.

But he expressed delight with the number of goal-scoring opportunities which Barbados created against Guyana.

 

“As far as the chances are concerned, the statistics were about 11 to 4 which meansto me that the importantthing is that we are creatingthe chances.

There were some missed chances but at least the chances are there and I think anybody who saw the match, even if we didn’t win the match, will come back next Sunday (for the Digicel Caribbean Cup) and support the team.”

Fabisch, however, said that from a playing point of view,he was very happy with the performance of the playersup to the 70th minute.

But he is not unduly concerned about the team’s backline, noting the playersonly started trying the4-4-2 formation about sixweeks and had only fourwarm-up matches to perfectthe system.

“When you only have four matches, then you have to take risks and you have to try various players in the central defence and then you have errors,” he said.

“We are working on andhave also identified theseerrors and I hope thegame-plan comes together in the game against Cuba.It will be a very tough challenge when we play Cuba on Sunday but the errors in defence are more due tothe fact that we have made positional changes withinthe four-line defence.”

• ezrastuart@nationnews.com

Baby Survival Kits "The Baby Survival Kit" a Caribbean based non-profit organization utilising United Caribbean Trust as its Caribbean arm of distribution for hurricane victims in Grenada & Carriacou and recent Guyana flood disaster.	School Twinning This Empowerment programme has been designed to create, establish and encourage, linkages between the schools of Grenada and Barbados, expanding exponentially to enjoy the camaraderie resulting from a global network.	After School Club Designed to encourage learning through play, foster cooperation and strengthen friendships through planned & supervised activities. Visualised to take place at Cassada Bay as a Pilot project for UC School Twinning	Youth Centre Cassada Bay has the unique opportunity this year to host Caribbean youth clubs, church groups, relief workers and volunteers seeking basic 'Youth Hostel' type working holiday accommodation free of charge in exchange for service
Working Holiday Cassada Bay offer both individuals and groups the possibility of coming to Carriacou and staying in a 'working holiday village' FREE OF COST in exchange for 'work in the village', bringing Hands of Help into the community, the nursing homes, the after school children's club.	United Caribbean Trust Headquarters Cassada Bay is a beautiful old, once- empty, hotel located on the island of Carriacou. Providing 6 beautifully sited multi- coloured chalet accommodation for relief workers, in a secure, protected, (little tattered) setting. . Cassada Bay can host cultural events, as seen here the Big Drum being filmed in Cassada Bay.		La Mode Experience Visit Grenada for a day on any of the UC Grenada initiatives, the La Mode Village Experience or the Reforestation eco project. (Add in US $60 per day for each day trip to Grenada for ferry, ground transport and meals.) Projects are developing as God opens doors and browdens our territory.
Teen Challenge Helping people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.			Christian outreach The Church With No Limits, our Spiritual home in Carriacou. Paster Happy from Africa leading the way in evangelism and youth outreach.
Thanks to Barnufo For safe transportation of supplies and relief workers to Grenada/Carriacou five times since hurricane Ivan in September 2004	East Coast Grenada Damage assessment This little fishing village of Soubise is now a scene of utter devastation.	West Coast Grenada La Mode the inhabitants of this area have been extremely kind and hospitable to the team sent in to document their plight.	St Georges' churches Damage assessment of the 3 of the major churches in St Georges. The Roman Catholic, the Anglican and the Presipetarian