Serenaded by Charmaine Blackman, Lianne Williams, Vibart DeSouza and the Circle of Love, ten mothers were suitably honoured at the Bernice Mansell Foundation (BMF)’s luncheon at Le Meridien on Mother’s Day.

The honorees Leila Austin, Rohini Bonar, Ursula Bearam, Cheryl Chase, Carmen Jarvis, Latchmin Khan, Karen Livan, Sharon Mansell, Duane Pratt and surprise honoree Bernice Mansell are involved in saving lives, building communities, educating and homemaking. They were described as mothers who have made tremendous sacrifices to bring comfort, hope and relief to those in distressing circumstances, working behind the scenes, seeking no reward but the satisfaction of knowing that through their kind acts; life is made a little brighter.

Austin, who retired as vice-principal of the Cyril Potter College of Education after 34 years in the teaching profession, is Provincial President of the Mother Union Province of the West Indies, and serves on the National Commission on the Family and the Medical Termination of the Pregnancy advisory board. …..