The Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence (ANSCAFE) is set to become the region's leading recognition programme. The ANSA McAL Foundation launched this Awards Programme in October 2005.
The Awards are made in three areas: Arts & Letters, Science & Technology, and Public & Civic Contributions. Up to 2010, they were made biennially, but as of 2011, the Caribbean Awards for Excellence will be made yearly. Since 2006, when the first laureates were named, three sets of laureates have been presented with prizes, in 2006, 2008, and 2010, in ceremonies at the Hilton, Trinidad.
This Programme represents a coming-of-age, in which Caribbean People recognise our own. It celebrates the excellence and the potential of Caribbean people, working for the benefit of their Region, our home. This is the first Regional, non-governmental recognition programme of its type and it offers tangible, significant benefit to the awardees. The programme is ground-breaking. It is one of the more noteworthy philanthropic initiatives by a Caribbean organization, in recent times.
The goal of the ANSA Caribbean Awards for Excellence is to recognize significant Caribbean achievement, to encourage and to support the pursuit of excellence by Caribbean persons, for the benefit of the region. The ANSA McAL Foundation is convinced that talent needs to be sought out, brought to light and encouraged. It is in this context that these Awards were conceived. |
