Radio host walks for Rachael

Yesterday, Wack 90.1 FM radio personality Terrance Guevara, armed with the national flag resumed the long trek but this time he had family, friends and supporters accompanying as they took off from Chase Village, Chaguanas. Motorists honked their horns as they passed the small group who started the trek at 6.30 am, some even stopping to buy water and offer words of encouragement as they neared the capital city.

Speaking to Sunday Newsday upon reaching the Brian Lara Promenade, Port-of-Spain yesterday, Guevara, 33, who began the walk after being challenged by a caller to do more than just talk about the crime rate in Trinidad and Tobago, said the real journey has now started.

“Basically, the goals have been achieved. This is about reaching to Portof- Spain, yes, but also sending a message to the community and the country that one man could make a difference.

One person could make a difference, one issue, one idea could make a difference,” he stressed.

He continued: “It was successful in the sense that persons are more aware of what is taking place in the country. Other youth organisations in the country, radio stations, media houses need to take a bigger step in trying to curb the violence and crime in the country.” Guevara, who started solo on Monday, was grateful to get the extra support on his second attempt to Port-of-Spain.

‘‘We’ve had young persons and old persons and persons I never met in my life came out and gave that support and that is so very important because even though we live in separate communities, it is the same things that affect us — crime, violence and especially violence against women’’.

Will we see Guevara getting involved in more social awareness activities in the future? “The next step is to really try and get some of the (government) ministries more mobilised.
This crime thing goes way beyond just ‘aye people doing crime’. They probably don’t know better because they’ve been bred into that. The next step is to try get more organisations involved and see where we go from there,” he explained.