IFRC. Caribbean

Disaster Risk Mgt.

New executive for Barbuda branch of Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross

27 September 2005

"The Barbuda Branch of the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross now has a new executive committee to conduct the affairs of Barbuda , just 20 minutes flight from Antigua .

Pastor Moses John has accepted to be the director for the Barbuda Branch of the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross for two years.

Elected to the executive committee of the Barbuda Red Cross Branch were Faith John as Secretary, Fabian Jones as Treasurer/ Communication Officer and Tessa Webber as Youth Director.

Juliette Warner, Claudette DeSouza, Lincoln Burton and Arthur Nibbs were elected as active executive members.

The election of officers to the executive committee was conducted by Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Director General Gerald Price, who said it was important to reactivate the Barbuda Branch for the effective operation of the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross.

It is all smiles for these Barbudan leaders as they pose for the camera in Codrigton after they were elected to the new Barbuda Branch of the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross.They are from left to right., Fabian Jones, Lincoln Burton and Arthur Nibbs.

Joan Gomes, Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross HIV/AIDS Coordinator (left) is seen with newly appointed female executive members of the Barbuda Branch of the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross. They are, from left to right, Tessa Webber, Juliette Warner, Claudette DeSouza and Faith John. Gomes is in Barbuda to conduct a week-end workshop for youths on HIV/AIDS.