The residents of Wavine Coque can now access their homes more easily, thanks to what is being described as a “Koudmen” activity on Saturday which resulted in the construction of a concrete staircase.
Despite being part of the vibrant community of Fond Cole, Wavine Coque, according to residents, has never had a road or steps to grant them safe access to their homes.
Terrisa Bruno, a volunteer and resident of Wavine Coque for over 12 years, expressed her gratitude to the Government for hearing their cry and answering the call.
“The Government is helping us with this step and we are very thankful for it. I really appreciate that they reached right up to the mountain,” she said.
Bruno added that during inclement weather, the track becomes dangerous and affects residents’ ability to walk it and the students’ ability to attend school.
“When it’s raining, we have a lot of water coming from right up in the track. The stones and gravel threw me down many times and the children sometimes have to go to school very muddy or they can’t even go, so we are thankful that the step is coming,” she said.
Organiser of the activity, Minister for the Environment, Climate Resilience, Disaster Management and Urban Renewal, Joseph Isaac applauded the koudmen’s participants which consisted of individuals from Wavine Coque and neighbouring communities and underlined its significance.
“This project is very important to Wavine Coque because there are many elderly persons and children who live here and I felt it was important to improve access for them,” Isaac stated.
Jacqueline Francis, a resident of the community, echoed Bruno and thanked both the Government and Isaac for the intervention noting that as an asthmatic, climbing the track was difficult and she often relied on her neighbours to assist her once they were available.
“It will be good for me – [it will be] a little ease up to compare to how I was hustling to go up there. Climbing would always affect my asthma and I always called on my neighbours’ children to help me up,” she explained.
The minister said that in the coming weeks, a similar activity will be undertaken to construct a drain to minimize the flooding which occurs during the rainy season.
Government should not be helping,they are suppose to do.they are protectors and make like easy for all,so stop with the damn thanking,you people are so brainwashed,once you pay your taxes government is suppose to do.
So wait, now an elected Government official is directly assisting the people without doing due diligence , all for a vote!!! So now we can build steps to squatted lands for prospective votes? Huh I See
That whole community should be relocated … does not look very safe to me.
Great initiative!! But it took nineteen years…..Suddenly a hero comes along. smh
SO labour party in power for 20 years and only now a workers crook building steps for these people? anyway if two workers going up for elections in Roseau north, vote for the genuine one.
sounds like a leve paytay – that lift up and burst down have me rolling! Tazzy say Danny will plimay him! take out all his feathers.
I am surprised.. Apparently there is no proper access road to that community. Does that mean that the residents are living there illegally, were they originally squatters? How does the fire brigade or ambulance service get up there’s? Anyway, good luck to them.
first of all, majority of these people on that side of Wavine Coque are squatting. there is a proper road leading up to the privately owned residents of people like Mr. Wilson on the left hand side. Also, after Maria, it was clearly seen that these squatters are in harms way, but they insist on living there. No problem. At your own peril. In addition, Joseph Isaac is a clown. if he was familiar with the destruction that happened in that area he would never encourge many of them to live on that side of the Ravine. Granted it will be easier to access their homes, it is thisd kind of initiative that the people in the respective communities need to do. dont wait on politics or politicians. Village councils need to leave politics alone and work for their communities to improve the lives of all in your communities. Opposition, i feel you can do little things like these also to show the people that although you not in power your are still working.
squatters. After Maria you should have seen what was left of their houses. that side of the ravine isnt safe. there is a main road on the left that leads up.
Joseph Isaac needed a photo oops! His significance in Dominica had been declining. His constituency where he was elected no longer has use for him. Skerritt fooled him.. Believing that the seat is a sure one for labor since Isaac is the duly elected representative Skerritt has pushed his wife there and sent the foolish Isaac into a UPP safe seat. Isaac being the fool that he is, being the one who ran a bakery out of business was not smart enough to see that. So in order to make his presence felt in the new constituency decided to organize a koudemen. Will that put food on the table of the villagers? Sure it was much needed. However why couldn’t a government spending so much money on unnecessary things to win an election employ six to a dozen men to do the work thereby feeding their families? If that was done they would not show up at the red clinic. That would make Skerritt and his stoogies feel less important. Can’t take that chance. They want to win the next election. Change is a…
I find it is a good project, man. Whoever brought the idea to Joseph Isaac must be commended.
Having said that, it tells of the cry for good residential land. This land/step is at risk of land slippage and soil erosion.
By the grace of God it will last.
Of course JI the crook, who took the votes of the Roseau Central constituents and walked away with them like Pontius Pilate must do and try something!!! He knew that he was already rejected in Roseau Central, so too the crook will be rejected in Roseau North. Who will trust a crook???
Danny will “”Lift You Up and Burst You Down Crook” at the polls..You are quite irrelevant and a political nuisance right now Isaac..
Learn to walk with your head up .What are you looking for on the ground? Money??
Shameless human being!
Skerrit Must Go
Skerrit Must Go
LAZY Skerrit Must Go Now
sounds like a leve paytay – that lift up and burst down have me rolling!
LABOUR KA TWAVA