 The government of St. Lucia has appointed alternative international musician Claudia Edward Lander as St. Lucia's newest Goodwill Ambassador. The Goodwill Ambassador's program acts as a catalyst for socio-economic transformation in all sectors related to the creative arts and the industries that they support. The US Ambassador is eager to take on her new role. We hear more from Anisia Antoine. The government of St. Lucia has appointed alternative international musician Claudia Edward Lander as its newest Goodwill Ambassador. The objective of the Goodwill Ambassador's program is to serve as a catalyst for socio-economic transformation in all sectors related to the creative arts and the industries that they support. The Goodwill Ambassador's program consists of citizens of St. Lucia who have achieved international acclaim and are able to leverage it for the benefit of the country. The Minister in the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries, with responsibility for culture and creative industries, Senator Honourable Fortuner Bell Rose, noted that the appointment of the Goodwill Ambassadors has already begun to bear fruit. So we found some of those very good people in the society to be a part of us. They've been working with us steadfastly. Quite a few of them have already delivered substantial projects to St. Lucia. I know for a fact we have people like Jali Mudovic who is working steadfastly, grow globally, and dealing with a number of artists, world-renowned artists, who of course, I think in his case, there will be one artist coming in to St. Lucia very shortly, we'll make the announcement, and of course making a presentation to the government of St. Lucia. We have Mr. Ken Cittoli, who lives in Canada but has been a philanthropist and provided quite a bit of support to us, particularly around medical supplies and also the disabled persons in the society. We also have Tajwiks, everybody know a musician, and philanthropists as well doing great work in the community across St. Lucia. Then newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador Claudia Edward Ladner is a Caribbean gem and a household name in St. Lucia. She is very popular with the Asian continents, especially in Thailand, where she does her annual jazz circuit. Claudia has performed in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the entire Caribbean. Ms. Edward Ladner has played star roles in a Canadian Lifetime TV and a Caribbean film. Senator Honorable Belrose explained that Claudia is being recognized not only for her international achievements, but for the work she has done through her charity-based organization, Edward for Education. Claudia has been a global singer as well, she sings across the world, but more importantly for us, when we look at the work that she's doing, particularly here in St. Lucia with respect to our schools and our students, I think it's something that needs to be given greater recognition. She's been able to build a theatre, I'm not sure how many St. Lucians have built a theatre within a school, so she's been able to work with a school to develop a theatre. She's been able to work with the Corinth Secondary School to be able to develop a lab, a sick lab for the children, and of course in the case of the Ave Maria school, she's been able to work with them to develop a learning centre. So that's the kind of work you want to recognize, and that's the kind of acknowledgement you want to give to persons who are given back. As a newly appointed St. Lucia Ambassador, Miss Edward Ladner, plans to undertake a number of activities and projects geared at benefiting the youth of St. Lucia. With this new appointment, I think it will open more doors for me to continue the work that I'm doing, and even for me, it would be a pleasure working with other goodwill ambassadors to even do greater, bigger projects in the future. Currently, 12 St. Lucians are appointed under the Goodwill Ambassadors programme. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting.