They did not win the top prize, but members of the Zeeburg Secondary School team did not leave the Sagicor Visionaries’ Challenge regional finals in Barbados empty-handed.
The team and its innovative shrimp dryer won the prize for the best project plan and design at the challenge, lending support to the project’s viability as a solution to the pollution caused by the open shrimp drying done next to the school. The prize includes a trophy and US$500 for the school to improve its science programme.
Twelve schools from across the Caribbean and South America competed in the challenge,