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jrery educated, they are not
d )i a postition to assist with a
4-H club. In fact, he said, in
many cases the parents
learn from the children who
are in the clubs.
Kendrick’s 4-H club has 60
members, and he is the sole
leader. He is able to manage
alone he says, “Because I
give a lot of responsibility to
the senior children.,”
The variety of projects is
more limited than here, and
Kendrick says, “Most
projects are inclined toward
agriculture, because 4-H is
one means of bringing young
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people I back into
agriculture.” He said. many
young people are-leaving the
rural areas of his country for
work elsewhere.
Another advantage of the
4-H clubs, he said, is to help
break social barriers.
Kendrick told of conditions
under colonial rule which
encouraged a “dividing rule
policy” meant to keep the
many different races in the
country separate. Now he
says, “Since independence
in 1962 every effort is being
made ot break the racial and
social barriers.”
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club include poultry
(chickens, ducks and
turkeys), pigs, and cattle. In
order for the children to
acquire projects, donations
are requested and the club
holds fund-raising projects.
One way they raise money is
to sell popcorn and candy in
the school, but a more in
teresting and fun way is
through a Christmas carol
sing. Members sing at many
community homes and get
“paid” for their efforts.
Kendrick noted that there
are never enough projects
for each member to care for
one alone, so they are
rotated among members. A
member will take home a
pig, for instance, and care
for it for a specified period of
time and then it is brought
back to the club and given to
another member.
Kendrick proudly told of
one 4-H’er who had a highly
successful duck project from
the one duck given her by the
club. This member not only
sold many ducks which
helped out with the family’s
finances, she returned 10
ducks to the club for others
members to have as
projects. Projects and who
should have then are
determined on the basis of
regular attendance,
discipline, interest, and past
success with projects,
Kendrick siad.
The benefits to the family
is that parents may leam
about crop rotation, using
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“4-H is educational to the
home.”
In Trinidad Kendrick has a
wife and six children, aged
seven through 14. He said it
was not difficult to leave
them because he had
prepared for it. And besides,
he said matter-of-factly,
“We are just 414 hours by
plane from New York City.”
In all, Kendrick will
have lived with 10 families in
his four month stay here. He
said, “Each family has
been really nice. Basically, I
think all human beings are
the same the world over. I
have enjoyed staying with
host families. The American
people are very friendly and
very hospitable, and have
extended due courtesy to
me. They have always taken
pains to see that I am
comfortable.”
In discussing some of the
value of the program,
Kendrick expressed his
opinion that he world is like a
mirror and one sees what is
reflected. h£s comments on
the friendliness of his hosts
are indicative of this belief
because he is obviously
willing to be hospitable to
one and all. He has already
invited the Durboraw’s
daughter to visit him, and
his family hosted Lancaster
County’s daughter Lan
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Raelane Harbold. According
to his scrapbook, he has been
host to numerous other
IFYE’s and 4-H teen
caravaners, or has found
homes for them with his 4-
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I Tors As a result, lie has
tound himself welcomed into
many homes throughout the
United States. Of his many
international acquaintances
he said, “We have mutual
affection for one another.”
Mrs. Carolyn Durboraw
said, “He is really ap
preciative of everything we
do. The children, Todd and
Kathy, have both learned a
great deal from him. Both
have studied about Trinidad
in their classes, so we have
asked many questions about
the country.” Kendrick has
helped the Durboraw
children with homework,
and daughter Kathy was
impressed with his ability
to explain her math
assignment.
Having Kendrick visit has
also given Carolyn a greater
appreciation of the variety of
food we enjoy in this coun
try. Kendrick, who is East
Indian, called his family’s
diet a “carbohydrate” diet.
Breakfast is usually “roti,”
a pizza-like material with
coffee or tea. For lunch there
is rice with vegetables and
possibly a piece of chicken,
oranges and water. For
dinner there is either roti or
rice, vegetables and a
beverage. He said dairy
products area not common
because of the lack of dairy
cows on the island.
He added, “I enjoy steak
and other dishes here. It is a
most welcome change for
me.”
Kendrick said that some
food is very expensive in
Trinidad, with apples
costing $.90. On the other
hand something like shrimp
cost just $1.50 to $2.00 per
pound. Clothing, he said, is
relatively cheap, with a suit
costing perhaps $5O - $6O.
Workers probably average
about $2.00 per hour.
While Kendrick conceded
that “by and large” the
American people know little
about Trinidad because of its
smallness, he declared that
his country is becoming
more and more well-known
because of its current at
traction - it is the home of the
beautiful new Miss
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Universe. He said, “My
country has strong ties with
eh United States, and is a
member of he Organization
of American States and
OPEC.”
Petroleum is an important
resource fpr Trindad-
Tobago, with off-shore
drilling now taking place on
newly found wells. Sugar
cane is the primary
agricultural industry,
followed by cocoa, coffee,
bananas, citrus and tobacco.
Other fruits and vegetables
are also grown on these
islands which have two
seasons, according to
Kendrick, one rainy and one
dry.
One big difference Ken
drick noted about life in this
country and life in his home
country is that Americans
work much harder and do
more difficult work than in
Trinidad.He added that he
believes the tropical heat
accounts for the less hectic
lifestyle in Trindad.
“In the tropical heat you
can only do so much and you
get tired,” he said.
Carolyn said, “I marvel at
the relaxed way he was. He
tells us that Americans
really work hard.” She
added that Kendrick said
many of his countrymen
imagine that we have a life
of relative ease surrounded
by buttons to push. He has
learned first hand that this is
not true.
As the interview drew to a
close, Kendrick expressed
the hope that his 4-H club in
Trinidad-Tobago could gain
the interest and support of a
4-H club in this country. He
said he could arrange pen
pals and other “member
level” contacts which he
feels would.be of value .to
both sides.
Kendrick’s warm heart
and his “mirror image” of
the new firends he en
counters has made him
especially effective as a
goodwill ambassador. Those
whose lives he has touched
will know much more about
Trinidad-Tobago than the
fact that it is the home of
Miss Universe.
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