ON the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, August 19, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar called on the population to let Trinidad and Tobago’s watchwords of discipline, production and tolerance extend to compassion in action. She urged people to #ActFor Humanity by donating blood, supporting a relief agency, mentoring a displaced child or an elderly neighbour after heavy rains.
“Small acts, multiplied across our twin-island Republic, build the safety net that no government alone can weave.” In a statement on August 19, Persad-Bissessar said TT joined with the UN in marking the occasion, honouring those people who risked their lives to aid people in crisis and remembering the 22 colleagues lost in the 2003 UN bombing in Baghdad.
