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Barbados And Friends Association
Barbados And Friends Association (BAFA) Chairman, Anderson Connell, explained that although there currently appears to be more Barbadians going back to Barbados than coming, BAFA is still a community cornerstone in Reading, and essential to so many Barbadians
BAFA are involved in supplying schools in Barbados with books
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“coming to a strange land”.
He says: “The people have largely come from a rural way of life in Barbados and found that Reading was a halfway house between life in the city (London) and the countryside. BAFA is involved in many community based initiatives, and not just with the Barbadian community. We are central to a number of Lifestyle health education activities and just now are focussing on obesity and prostate cancer. Even the local Deputy Chief Fire Officer uses our facilities for recruiting in the community.”
“The birth of the association was back in 1968, when a small group of Barbadians decided to group together for regular meetings to share and build on their cultural experiences from Barbados. It gradually grew with the numbers of immigrants, but declined, largely through the late 70’s. But the new Committee of 1998 brought it into the 21st Century and it is now dynamic again,” said Connell.
Barbadians have a very soft spot for their “mother country”, and have significantly contributed to the local economy in Reading, but ask any Barbadian where their heart lies, and you would probably find it is “Little England” – Barbados.
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