Umbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean (i-CTO) uza kunikezela ngembasa yayo "eyaBalaseleyo kwiCaribbean Citizen Award" kuGilman Figaro, umseki kunye nosihlalo weeMbasa zeSUNSHINE, ngokukhuthaza inkcubeko yeCaribbean kwihlabathi liphela ngokubamba abaphulaphuli ngeendlela zobugcisa ezinomdla nezonwabisayo, kubandakanya umdaniso, umculo nemibongo.
UFigaro uza kuwongwa ngethuba lenkqubo yeeMbasa zoKhenketho kwiCaribbean eqonda ukugqwesa ekunyuseni i-Caribbean kwaye ihlonipha abantu abathe umsebenzi wabo obalaseleyo, onomdla nozinikeleyo waba negalelo kuphuhliso lommandla. Isidlo samabhaso esihloniphekileyo senzeka ngoLwesine, umhla we-6 kweyeSilimela, ngexesha leVeki yeCaribbean eNew York, xa iBig Apple yatsalwa bubuhle beCaribbean, ikhupha amandla kunye nezandi ezimibalabala.
"Umbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean uyayibona inkuthazo kaGilman Figaro yokukhuthaza inkcubeko yeCaribbean ngobugcisa bokuyila," utshilo uSylma Brown, uMlawuli, CTO-USA. "Ukusebenza kwakhe ngokungakhathali, ukuzimisela kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe ekubekeni iCaribbean njengommandla obalulekileyo kuzo zonke iintlobo zobugcisa kuyancomeka kwaye ngenxa yeso sizathu siza kumnika iwonga eliDumileyo leCaribbean Citizen Award."
U-Figaro wazalelwa eTrinidad kwaye wafudukela e-United States kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ukuzimisela kwakhe ukonyusa ukuthembeka kunye nokwazisa umhlaba ngeendlela zobugcisa zaseCaribbean kwamkhokelela ekubeni enze iiMbasa zeSUNSHINE. Lo mbutho uyakuqonda ukugqwesa kubugcisa bokwenza, kwezemfundo, kwezenzululwazi nakwezemidlalo kumazwe ahlukeneyo eCaribbean.
Ngalo lonke ixesha ebeka ugxininiso olukhulu kwezemfundo, uFigaro waseka iNkqubo yokuQatshelwa kwaBafundi be-SUNSHINE, ethi, qho ngonyaka, yamkele kwaye iqhwabele izandla impumelelo yabafundi abaphezulu kwisiqithi esikhethiweyo seCaribbean.
U-Figaro uphinde wabhala "Ingoma yeMontserrat", edibanise iqela labaculi abali-119 abaphuma phambili kwiCaribbean kwikhonsathi yokuxhasa imali kwiintsapho zaseMontserrat ezaphulukana namakhaya azo ngexesha lokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo ka-1995.
U-Figaro naye wabhala kwaye waqamba iiMbasa zoMculo zoNyaka zokuqala ze-Indo-Caribbean zeJamaica Me Crazy Record awathi wamkela ifomathi ethelekiswa neeMbasa zeGrammy. Uvelise kwaye wabhala i-Brooklyn Centre yoBugcisa boBugcisa kwi-College ye-Firstband ye-Steelband Festival yase-Brooklyn ebizwa ngokuba yi "Pride of the Caribbean," ekhokelela uFigaro emva koko enze imiboniso emine yabadlali bepiyano abaziwayo, kunye neminye imisebenzi yomculo eyimpumelelo.
Eqhutywa kukuthanda kwakhe iiCaribbean kunye neendlela zayo zobugcisa, uFigaro ufumene amabhaso amaninzi abonisa ukuzinikezela kwakhe kubugcisa, umculo kunye noluntu lweCaribbean.
