Milestones for the Month of March are even sweeter when they celebrate women. Cohort 1 of the BSI Women Farmer Field School Program—coordinated by the company’s Cane Farmer Relations Department (CFRD) in collaboration with the Hershey Company, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Green Climate Fund—were celebrated in a special ceremony. Friends, industry stakeholders and leaders, and family members applauded as 11 women cane farmers, from the different cane farmer associations, received their certificate of completion after one year, eight modules, a test and lots of interactive learning in the cane fields. The program featured a main address by H.E. Rossana Briceño, Special Envoy for the Development of Families and Children, a testimony by graduate Filiberta Pena, on behalf of her classmates and remarks by Olivia Avilez, Cane Farmer Relations Manager.
