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LOCAL Wednesday 14 OctOber 2020

Uniting forces to protect those who will create the future of Aruba

ORANJESTAD — In these stay well and prevent the
days when an ounce of spread of disease, but to
prevention is worth a ton of educate the parents and
cure the SKOA Organiza- teachers as well.
tion and the Volunteer Min- Randy Arends, the Princi-
isters of the Freewinds work pal of the St. Paulus School,
as a team to protect all the said to one of the Freewinds
students and teachers in Volunteers: "Thank you very
their schools. much for helping us, it is re-
ally appreciated. It is some-
Since the onset of the Co- thing that makes us all feel
vid-19 virus the Volunteer safer and calmer." Similarly

Ministers of the Freewinds the Freewinds, Ken Weber. past few weeks with half of Aruba, she said: “It is the Principal of Colegio
have worked tireless to “Ensuring that the children of these being schools good to cooperate. By San Hose said: "Thank you
carry out the sanitization of do not get infected, keep- of SKOA. This activity will working together, we will very much for coming. We
key locations across Aruba. ing the kids and teachers continue in schools with re- get through this. The help are doing our best but this

And now with the second safe is a means to protect newed vigor now that the is very much appreciated.” is help that I think everyone
outbreak affecting the is- the families.” This view- number of active cases on In addition to the sanitiza- should take because what
land the Volunteer Ministers point is shared by many at the island are decreasing, tion, teachers and princi- one does is never enough!
have been working even the schools, as in the case showing that with these ac- pals are being provided This will bring calm."
harder, especially when it of the Principal from Scol tions and the adherence with a series of Stay Well
comes to protecting the Preparatorio Prome Paso, to the protocols we can videos covering the key Almost one for one, the
future generations, by con- Gislaine de Cuba, who win this battle against Co- prevention actions every- school principals are hav-
centrating their efforts on said in response to this ef- vid-19. one should be following ing the Stay Well videos
the schools. fort: "Thank you so much to remain safe. These vid- posted on the Facebook
“With the second outbreak for coming to sanitize our When Weber contacted eos have been provide in pages of the schools mak-
of Corona virus on the is- school. It's very important Anuesca Baly, the Manag- Spanish, Dutch and English. ing it possible for the parents
land mainly being spread for the children, the parents ing Director of SKOA to let They are simple and easy to see not only the care the
through family contacts, and the teachers!" her know about the saniti- to understand, providing schools are taking to pro-
the sanitization of schools More than 35 school fa- zation plan in execution by the Principals with a tool tect the kids, but to be able
was an obvious choice,” cilities across Aruba have the Freewinds Volunteer they can used to not only to view the Stay Well videos
said the Port Captain of been disinfected over the Ministers in all the schools teach the children how to for themselves.q