{"id":2181,"date":"2023-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/gwp-c-scholarship-testimonials-utech-water-and-wastewater-operators-course\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:59:35","slug":"gwp-c-scholarship-testimonials-utech-water-and-wastewater-operators-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/gwp-c-scholarship-testimonials-utech-water-and-wastewater-operators-course\/","title":{"rendered":"GWP-C Scholarship Testimonials &#8211; UTech Water and Wastewater Operators Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>The <strong>Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)<\/strong>,<\/span>&nbsp;in collaboration with the&nbsp;<strong>GEF CReW+<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP)&nbsp;<\/strong><span><strong>and Cartagena Convention Secretariat<\/strong>,<\/span>&nbsp;previously offered a limited number of&nbsp;<span>full and partial scholarships<\/span>&nbsp;to successful applicants interested in completing a&nbsp;Water and Wastewater Operators Course.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Water and Wastewater Operators Course<\/strong> was delivered by <strong>The University of Technology (UTech)<\/strong>, Jamaica, through their Faculty of Engineering and Computing. See original article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwp.org\/en\/GWP-Caribbean\/WE-ACT\/news-page\/News-and-Activities\/apply-now--limited-caribbean-scholarships-available-for-water-and-wastewater-operators-course\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We asked some of the course participants to talk about their experience after course completion, their testimonials can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/alpha-donald-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/bobby-jacobs-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/cleon-meek-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/derrick-brown-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/jovon-clarke-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/harry-hillaire-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/kip-daniel-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/makeda-matthew-bernard-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/renardo-love-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/troy-brown-1.png\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C),&nbsp;in collaboration with the&nbsp;GEF CReW+&nbsp;and&nbsp;UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP)&nbsp;and Cartagena Convention Secretariat,&nbsp;previously offered a limited number 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