Flight Training Scholarship

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 ‘AOPA Pilot’ columnist launches scholarship

 

Longtime AOPA Pilot columnist Barry Schiff wants to get more young people into aviation, and he also wants to honor those who helped him in his aeronautical career. Schiff is sponsoring a $3,000 scholarship for a young person between the ages of 16 and 21. The amount is intended to get the recipient to his or her solo. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15. For application information, read his October column.

To enter the competition, the contestant must go to my website, click on “Email Barry,” and send an email to which is attached a 500-word essay (double-spaced using a word processor) describing why he or she wants to learn to fly. The winner will need to submit a clear digital image of themself. Submission of the essay and the photograph will be considered as permission to publish both in this column next April. Deadline for submitting the essay is December 15, and I reserve the right to unilaterally select the winner based strictly on the merits of the essay. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will count! Contestants must also provide their snail-mail address, email address, birth date, and telephone number (all of which will be kept confidential).

The winner will be allowed to take flying lessons at any flight school of his choice as long as it is in the United States. I will make arrangements to pay the school a maximum of $3,000 for the winner’s flight instruction, an amount that should enable most young people to make their first solo flight, although a solo flight cannot be guaranteed. It is not required, but I hope that the winner will keep me informed about his training progress and eventually provide written reaction to his first solo flight. What is required, however, is that the winner make every effort to fly at least once a week (weather permitting). Lessons spread far apart are less effective.

International Sector. Grenada. Regional Disaster and Vulnerability Risk Reduction Project (RDVRP)

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Minister Burke Signs Single Largest World Bank Project Ever Approved for Grenada

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Embassy of Grenada, Washington, DC, September, 20, 2011: Grenada’s Finance Minister Nazim Burke today signed three groundbreaking agreements with the World Bank:

1. Regional Disaster and Vulnerability Risk Reduction Project (RDVRP) – US$26.2 million
2. Safety Nets Assistance Programme (SNAP) – US$5 million
3. Eastern Caribbean Energy Regulatory Authority (ECERA) – US$2.8 million

Left to right: Min. Burke & Country Director Clottes

Among key infrastructure rehabilitation projects, the first agreement, the RDVRP the will cover the replacement of two bridges in Gouyave; refurbishment of Holy Cross R.C. School and St. Patrick’s Anglican School, and two homes for the elderly, the Cadrona Home for the Aged and the Hills View Home for the Aged. This is the largest single project ever approved by the World Bank for Grenada and includes a US$8 million grant under a special fund, the PPCR.

The Safety Nets Assistance Programme (SNAP) will ensure that the most vulnerable persons benefit from the Government’s safety net programmes, especially the Public Assistance, the Necessitous Fund and the Transportation Allowance for students.

The ECERA project is aimed at lowering electricity prices and attracting investments in the energy sector, through the establishment of a regional energy regulator to be known as the Eastern Caribbean Energy Regulatory Authority.

The signings took place in Washington DC where the Minister is attending the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank.

Ms. Francoise Clottes, Country Director for the Caribbean signed on behalf of the World Bank.  She noted that because of Grenada’s proactive engagement, Grenada is the first country in the Caribbean to receive a grant under the PPCR pilot project on climate change. The Director praised Grenada’s initiative and persistence in effectively leveraging Bank resources to attract grants.

On signing the agreements, Minister Burke welcomed the increased cooperation between the Government of Grenada and the World Bank Group and expressed the Government’s intention to pursue additional agreements which would contribute further to socio-economic development and poverty reduction.

These three projects presented by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas as part of the Government’s programme of major projects to be implemented over the next 2 years.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by other members of Grenada’s delegation including Mr. Timothy Antoine, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Her Excellency Gillian Bristol, Grenada’s Ambassador to the United States and Mr. Christopher De Riggs, Director, Office of Private Sector Development.

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