 On my small island, St. Lucia, we are big on helping each other. The strong bonds of family, community and country have been built over centuries by what is referred to in our Creole vernacular as Khutme. A tradition of self-help for the good of all. Birthed in the rural farming community of Café in Chvazel, Khutme was the foundation of my family. I grew up in an extended family and spent most of my after-school and weekends with my grandparents and mother. There existed a passion to help and give of themselves, especially to the young and elderly persons in the community. That legacy was passed on from my grandmother to my mother, who passed it on to me and my siblings. I was raised by a single mother. I saw firsthand the challenges of a single mother. This journey of Miss World and my beauty with a purpose project is my way of shining a light on the plight of women, children and persons with disabilities and working with like-minded partners to bring some measure of relief and comfort to these vulnerable groups. My beauty with a purpose project focused on three key areas of intervention. Nutrition, education and housing. One of my signature projects is the building of a home for a single mother and her two sons, both of whom are challenged. Jessica Gaya is a 42-year-old single mother of two sons aged 10 years and 21 years. Both boys suffer from developmental delays. They are not able to function like other children in their age group. Their social skills are limited. The last son is unable to communicate. They both attend a special education program in the community of Souffre. Like so many single mothers in St. Lucia, Jessica is currently unemployed. Being recently evicted from her previous dwelling, Jessica spent many nights seeking refuge with family and friends. She has no one to care for her boys, so it's difficult to keep a steady job. As part of my beauty with a purpose project, a three-bedroom dwelling house is currently being constructed on lands provided by the government of St. Lucia through Invest St. Lucia. Support was sought through national service providers and local construction and hardware companies who provided building materials with almost 100,000 EC dollars. We were approached by Event St. Lucia. For us, it was a no-brainer to help an assisted young lady from Souffre. It was a need for a home. Actually, we were intimately aware of the situation and we felt that there was no way we could not have partnered with Event St. Lucia. So we partnered and were able to provide the labour that was necessary to construct a wonderful home for the young lady. Also being part of the parcel of assisting a business deal fan in the beauty pageant, the school's beauty pageant. So in summary, it was a women for us in making sure that we got two dreams accomplished. One, give me history of how it was needed to get her to that place where she could have presented the project that was needed as a base for what she was supposed to work on and her portfolio. And also, augmenting ourselves, bringing ourselves into the things that we're supposed to be helping and assisting other agencies in accomplishing their goal and likewise our goal in maintaining and developing social and economic development of our communities and individuals at large. As a company that is very big on corporate social responsibility, we felt necessary to partner. We have, as a matter of fact, done a couple of initiatives like this ourselves over the years. So our contribution was in, of course, a cash donation towards the material supply as well as discounted supply on the other items that I believe were sponsored by other corporate partners. When events in Luscia came knocking on our door to build a free bedroom house for the single mother in Peru, the single mother of two that is, we ran out the opportunity because we like to give back to the community. I mean, we feel that it's necessary to give back to the community since we're a local company and we partnered with events in Luscia like I said. We supplied them with the steel for the foundation and also donated the roof. The Renault Group of Companies is an entity that cares. We love working with the communities and hence the reason we've partnered with events in Luscia to work on this initiative of building a home for a single mother and her two boys. Through two of the charities I am engaged with, the Darren Sami Foundation and the Do Something Different Foundation, food hampers and school supplies were distributed to various needy students and families. Though the recent expansion of the school feeding program and school busries on the island helps to alleviate this situation, there are still many children to help. My experience as a child has instilled in me the belief that family is the single most important influence in a child's life. From their first moments of life, children depend on parents and family to protect them and provide for their needs. If and when parents or family fall short, that responsibility falls to the community. Most important to me and this project has been the opportunity to read to children. Reading allows children to understand various concepts, expand their vocabulary and knowledge. Reading also helps in their emotional and social development since they learn to associate their feelings with words and express themselves better. It was indeed a heartwarming experience to read to scores of primary school students across the island and also to the orphans at the Holy Family Children's School. In true St. Lucian style, when we help each other we do so with our minds, bodies and soul. That's the Kudme spirit. The labor to build Jessica's house was provided through this Kudme spirit. My team and I took the time to help lead the foundation of Jessica's new home and with music, food and laughter, the work was made that much lighter. My Beauty with a Purpose project has mobilized resources from over 20 organizations including government, private sector companies and charities in the execution of this humanitarian effort. Since we were contacted with this initiative, we really jumped at it where we wanted to be able to help out with the development of the house for the single mother. We provided the initiative with about 10 windows and a few of our doors to help with the construction of the household. When we got the call, we were ecstatic to be associated with such a brand and it falls in line with our corporate culture and we just ran with it. She chose Tyler's blush, which is environmentally friendly. She chose that color and we made it just for her. So for you to come to Harris Pains today, tomorrow, next week, next year, five years from now, you can ask for Tyler's blush and you will still get that exact shade. Export St. Lucia's partnership with Miss St. Lucia will tie the theme for her Beauty for Purpose initiative was a no-brainer. Carradex for St. Lucia, we'd really like to highlight the excellent product, people, services and initiatives in St. Lucia. This made our partnership with Tyler, like we said, the perfect fit. I'm really happy to see how all of this came out and how Tyler along with us and the other partners were able to influence the life of this mother and her children. With regard to the actual assistance by the SSDF, we were able to provide technical support and we really wish that we could have done a little more. But because of COVID and the decrease of pension amounts, we were not able to do what we normally do because there's no question that Miss Gillard and her kids need that house. I never knew somebody like that would come for me. I thank you, I thank God, I thank Tyler. You know what to say. I'm so excited and I can't even really believe that happening. We pledge continuous assistance to this project as additional efforts have been mobilized to beautify Jessica's home, secure furniture and appliances, as well as home care services for her boys. This should enable her to seek gainful employment. I would love to maybe one day update you on this story as we continue to secure more supplies for Jessica and her family. It does indeed take a nation to provide beauty with a purpose. I am happy to be part of this initiative, which gives me the opportunity to contribute to the well-being of others. This is my purpose.