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Rape Crisis Society get assistance from
Partners in Energy (PIE)
The Rape Crisis Society of Trinidad and
Tobago was presented with a cheque for over
TT$75,000.00, representing all profits from
the annual Partners in Energy (PIE) Calypso
Competition Mama Yo! Dat Is Energy!
Established in 1984 in response to a high
incidence of social ills in the country, the
Society’s primary focus is to provide
hotline counseling services as well as face
to face sessions with survivors of rape,
domestic violence, child sexual abuse and
incest. It also offers counsel to people who
have marital, relational and personal
problems.
Over the years, the Society has proactively
addressed the concerns of persons by
extending its services to communities,
schools, tertiary institutions and other
organisations through its outreach
educational programmes. The objective of
these programmes is to educate and sensitize
persons about the social ills that affect
children, women and men. The Rape Crisis
Society has also facilitated several
initiatives such as the Young Males
Awareness Project; Improving Students Coping
Skills - through a youth awareness project,
and a Peer Education course for young males,
that focuses on training teenagers as peer
educators.
Lydia Walcott, Acting Coordinator at the
Rape Crisis Society, says the Society is
“happy to have received the funding as it
will help with operational expenses and go a
long way in helping the Society achieve its
goals; small change makes big changes” she
concluded.
The Mama Yo! Dat Is Energy! Calypso
Competition attracted participants from
eight energy sector partner companies in
which over $30,000 in prizes was won. The
Partners in Energy (PIE) who collaborated on
this event were Atlantic LNG, BG Trinidad
and Tobago, BHP Billiton, bpTT, EOG
Resources Trinidad Limited, GDF Suez, The
National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago
Limited and Repsol.