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CCRIF announces its 2018 scholarship winners

This story was posted 3 years ago
23 September 2018
in Education, Environment, PRESS RELEASE
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CCRIF-UWI undergraduate scholarship recipients with (2nd row left) Beverly Hunter, Snr. Administrative Officer at UWI; Desirée Cherebin CCRIF Board Member and Chairperson of the Technical Assistance Committee; Timothy Antoine (back row, right), CCRIF Chairman; and Isaac Anthony, CCRIF CEO (2nd row, far right)
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CCRIF SPC is pleased to announce its UWI-Scholarship and CCRIF Scholarship (extra-regional) winners for 2018. This year, CCRIF provided scholarships valued at US$129,000 to 14 Caribbean nationals.

CCRIF (Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) provides scholarships and internships each year to Caribbean nationals as part of its Technical Assistance (TA) Programme. CCRIF which is akin to a not-for-profit organisation, uses profits made to benefit its members through reductions in premium costs and by funding the Technical Assistance Programme. The resources made available for the TA Programme are derived from a portion of CCRIF’s earned investment income.

The CCRIF Technical Assistance Programme consists of 3 components – the scholarship, internship and professional development programme; regional knowledge building; and support to non-governmental and community-based organisations for local disaster risk reduction initiatives. It has been designed to provide an ongoing mechanism for grant support within the Caribbean region for capacity building initiatives and the development and implementation of projects which have a strong potential for improving the effectiveness of risk management. Since its launch in 2010, CCRIF has provided resources of over US$2.2 million to support this programme.

CCRIF provides scholarships through 2 programmes: the CCRIF-UWI Scholarship Programme, for postgraduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing study at The University of the West Indies in areas related to disaster management at any one of its 3 residential campuses and the CCRIF Scholarship Programme, for study in master’s programmes in areas related to disaster risk management at universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada as well as universities in Caribbean countries (other than UWI). Since the inception of this programme in 2010, CCRIF has awarded scholarships to 68 Caribbean nationals totalling approximately US$1 million.

Five of this year’s CCRIF-UWI undergraduate recipients are pursuing degrees in Geography or Geology at the Mona Campus; one is at the St Augustine campus reading for a degree in Ecology with Environmental Science; and 2 others are at the Cave Hill Campus reading for degrees in Meteorology & Computer Science and Environmental & Natural Resource Management. At the postgraduate level, 3 students are reading for degrees in Natural Resource & Environmental Management.

Under its own scholarship programme, CCRIF awarded scholarships to: Trisha Miller from Grenada, to complete an MS in Applied Meteorology at Mississippi State University; Faustina Wiggins from Guyana, to pursue an MS in Environment & Development at the University of Reading; and Christal Benjamin from Trinidad and Tobago, to pursue an MA in Disasters Adaptation & Development at King’s College in London.

CCRIF-UWI undergraduate scholarship recipients thank the CCRIF Board and Management for the scholarships received

The CCRIF Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer met with some of this year’s scholarship recipients when CCRIF held its quarterly board meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. On meeting the students, CCRIF Chairman Timothy Antoine remarked that “I too am a proud Pelican and I am delighted to meet with you today. You are the future of our region and I am pleased that CCRIF had the foresight to invest in you as we seek to advance solutions for the sustainability of our region.”

CCRIF encourages young people throughout the region to apply for these programmes in 2019. For information visit the CCRIF website:

  • CCRIF Scholarship Programme: www.ccrif.org/content/scholarship
  • CCRIF-UWI Scholarship Programme: www.ccrif.org/content/programmes/ccrif-uwi-scholarship
  • CCRIF Regional Internship Programme: www.ccrif.org/content/regional-internship-programme

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