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Monday 6 July 2020

Monuments Fund fully restores 128-year-old Lime Kiln

Since it is an object that production and processing led both the course and
cannot be rented out, it has almost disappeared the restoration they com-
was difficult to obtain fi- from Aruba in recent years. pleted the project.
nancing for this project. This makes restorations The restoration project was
Thanks to partners such as more difficult and SMFA smaller than projects they
Aruba Bank, VNO, Unoca also experiences many have done in the past, but
and Prins Bernhard Cultu- problems with the mainte- it certainly had its challeng-
urfonds, it was possible to nance of limestone build- es. This is partly due to the
restore the lime kiln com- ings and objects. Therefore, very poor condition of the
pletely in 2019. SMFA has decided to com- oven.
At the fourth Conference bine the restoration project Due to the situation with
of Caribbean Heritage Or- with a traditional stone ma- addicts around the lime
ORANJESTAD — On Friday for their walking tours. For ganizations, in early 2019, sonry course. kiln, SMFA have decided
3rd of July, Monuments years, the Rancho Founda- SMFA was introduced to The restoration started at to close the entrances to
Fund Aruba (SMFA) cel- tion has been committed Parvenir Heritage Restora- the end of September. In the lime kiln with gates to
ebrated the termination to raising awareness and tion and Maintenance Co. total, 17 people partici- prevent incidents as in the
of the Lime Kiln restoration education about the Ran- Ltd. from Trinidad and To- pated in the course and past.
project in Rancho and a cho neighborhood and its bago. As a contractor, they received a certificate from SMFA is very pleased with
user agreement was signed monuments. The Lime Kiln have extensive experience Enseñansa pa Empleo. Af- the result and to having
with the Rancho Founda- is a 128-year-old industrial in working with limestone ter the course, the resto- contributed to a positive
tion. monument that was last re- and lime plaster. And they ration continued with the development in the area of
stored around the 1970s. In have set themselves the help of a group of Parke Rancho and we hope this
From today on the Ran- recent years, unfortunately goal of sharing their knowl- Arikok rangers who also at- project can inspire more
cho Foundation can make the lime kiln has been in a edge in the Caribbean. tended the course. And to- positive developments and
free use of the lime kiln very bad condition. The knowledge about lime gether with Parvenir who projects in the future.q

“SISSTEM is a solution based

program for sustainability

issues in small island states”

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Having a program like SISSTEM in place can really
help building the critical capacity for successful imple-
mentation of sustainability challenges.” Beside of the
bachelor program six Phd candidates started past
year and five more will begin in the upcoming months.
“This means that you create a network within society
because every student has to brand out and so the
community will talk about us. We are getting attention,
my hope is ten years from now we have a continuous
flow of 10, 15, 20 people with that expertise as a basic
think-tank of the University of Aruba.” teachers need to learn and find gratification and beauty in digital learning and teach-
ing. Teachers need to help students cross that bridge and students will need to be
The new walk more independent, disciplined and creative.”
During the past months students and teachers re-
mained in communication through google meet and Register now
zoom all the time. “We did not have a single delay. We Registration for the University of Aruba is now open until July 15th, more information is
were already working with a digital platform and we to be found at https://www.ua.aw/. For more information about the SISSTEM program:
agreed on it together to complete all and so we did. https://www.ua.aw/sisstem/
Colleagues in Europe tell us our student dedication is
fantastic,” Mijts says proud. “For the future we have to SISSTEM offers a 3-year, 180 EC bachelor program in STEM with specializations in
reinvent the way we are living. We need to change bio-environmental sciences, technology and engineering, and informatics and
the way we teach. How? Face to face education will data sciences; a 1.5-year, 90 EC multidisciplinary master program, PhD projects for
turn into blended learning approaches. We need to fa- sustainable development in small island states and a research and development
cilitate digital class rooms for small groups of students center. The SISSTEM project is the result of a collaboration between the University
and working internationally will be much easier now. of Aruba, KU Leuven and the initial phase is funded by the EU as part of the EDF-11
The fundamental role is going to change; Students and fund.q