Violet Rodrigues, 84, a retired teacher of Kildonan Village, Corentyne who still takes her morning walks to “keep fit” was always actively involved in the development of her community and the youths. When the Sunday Stabroek visited around 8.30 on a Wednesday morning she was relaxing at home after going out at 5 am with a neighbour for her “exercise.” Before returning home that day they sat on the pavilion at the cricket ground “taking some breeze.”

An old multi-purpose centre in the ground had collapsed…..