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Verna St Rose Greaves:
The mother
of five children she continues to live in the area of her birth Covigne Road in Deigo Martin. She prides herself on being
a good friend and her capacity to love. Verna St Rose Greaves is an experienced professional social worker, a long standing
feminist, social activist and motivitational speaker. She is trained in Gender Studies, Industrial Relations, Mediation
and Human Rights.
A competent counsellor (HIV VCT and PITC trained), facilitator and development worker she has
worked with government, NGO's and as a private consultant. She has done considerable work in the areas of welfare policy,
poverty alleviation, family services, gender and development, adpotion of children, violence against women and children, crime
and violence in the society, HIV-AIDS, and prison reform. She has a deep and passionate concern about development issues and
regional integration, and has participated in a number of programs in pursuance of social and economic development in Trinidad
and Tobago and the region.
Over the years she has participated in a host of training workshops and conferences,
and has presented papers locally, regionally and internationally. Her involvement in the practical training and support of
social work students of the University of the West Indies informs her ongoing work on the development of a Forum for Alternative
Social Work Education (FASWE): Towards a Radical Social Work Progress and a Caribbean Perspective. The greatest evil facing
us today is indifference. To know and not to act is to contribute to injustice.
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