Trident Charity launched with focus on nation building

By Anesta Henry 

Barbadians are set to get free legal advice and other assistance from a new charity.

Director of Trustees and Founder of Trident Charity Quincy Jones said during the recent launch at Jamestown, Holetown, St James, that as the charity is established, it will be a significant and powerful organisation.

He said its focus is on nation building and helping those in need through job creation, youth investment, sports, cultural arts, education, community development, families and legal assistance.

“I believe that the charity is needed now more than ever. We have gun violence, we have issues of war, issues of famine, issues of climate change, and we can’t let the Government or even the private sector do it all,” Jones said. 

“Some of us as community-oriented people need to come together and work and give a helping hand. That is why Trident has decided to form and be a part of society, and there is no greater feeling than to give back.”

Trident Charity, which is under the patronage of former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) president Verla DePeiza and former parliamentarian Ronald Jones, has three trustees and 16 executive directors, including project officers to oversee various aspects of the charity. 

Verla DePeiza

Jones explained that in the coming year, it will host three fund-raising activities.

DePeiza, who said she would be ensuring that Trident maintains high standards, contended that the charity was being launched at a time when Barbadians were in need of assistance.

“Wherever you go, there are pockets of need, and sometimes the pockets are deep and the pockets are wide,” she said.

“A lot of people have legal issues but they don’t have the means in order to secure those rights for themselves…. A lot of people just don’t have what it takes to engage an attorney.

“So, to have a charity that takes that into consideration, especially since legal aid does not cover every single area of law or every single type of litigant, then that definitely is something that I want to put my name behind. And I am happy to work with Quincy and the others to ensure that our people get the type of representation that they need and that they get the assistance that they need,” added DePeiza, a lawyer.

Trustee Zico John said he believes the involvement of young people in Trident Charity could help address increased violence in society. 

anestahenry@barbadostoday.bb