Volunteer group treats kids to a day of fishing Loop Cayman Islands

Black Immigrant Daily News

Last Saturday was a special treat for eight children who participated in a free fishing trip to the North Sound, organised by the Cayman Kind Action Committee and sponsored by Roger Tatum of Cayman Friendly Tours.

The expedition, which lasted four hours, resulted in the children catching various kinds of fish, including grunts, chubs, squirrelfish, porgy and yellow tail snappers.

According to Romellia Welcome, president of Cayman Kind Action Committee, the children were “over excited” on the trip and “it was the highlight of their summer.”

Welcome added that the activity was “a safe and healthy way to have fun” for the children and the volunteer group is looking forward to doing more community events like this one, provided that generous sponsors are available to assist.

The work of this volunteer group and others is important because, without them, some children would easily get exposed to harmful activities during the summer months when they have loads of time on their hands and are subject to the influence of the wrong persons. In other cases, unfortunate circumstances may arise just because they are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It must be noted, however, that positive “options” are not necessarily available to all children in Cayman, primarily due to the high prices of summer camps. More specifically, low-income families may be somewhat “excluded” from participation as they simply cannot afford the activities.

Acknowledging the issue of cost, the Cayman Kind president said that “children should have such privileges regardless of their economic/social status.”

The point she raises is valid too since a major factor that seems to separate children from rich and poor backgrounds is opportunity. That is, opportunity created by options they can afford or afforded to them.

Luckily for Cayman children, however, more groups like the Cayman Kind Action Committee are coming forward to assist families in need, encouraging children from all backgrounds to participate in a wider range of activities, giving them an opportunity to interact, create new friendships and foster positive environments.

It goes without saying too that the focus of these activities should not just be about participation; it should also be about learning. In the case of a fishing trip, for example, lessons could be learned about preservation of our reefs, protection of species of fish and overall conservation for our sustainable living, which our children, believe it or not, will ultimately benefit from.

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