Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les 

To­ba­go East MP and Gen­der Min­is­ter Ayan­na Web­ster-Roy said she is heart­bro­ken fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery of Sarah Smith and her two young chil­dren in a tank at Par­latu­vi­er.

In a re­lease this morn­ing she called on the Par­latu­vi­er com­mu­ni­ty and cit­i­zens across To­ba­go to step for­ward and of­fer help to those in need.

Web­ster-Roy spoke of the im­por­tance of sup­port­ing one an­oth­er and seek­ing as­sis­tance when nec­es­sary.

She sent her con­do­lences to the Smith fam­i­ly.

She said, “This heart­break­ing loss has left us all deeply sad­dened,” she said. “As a com­mu­ni­ty, we must unite to help each oth­er in these dif­fi­cult times.”

Web­ster-Roy asked res­i­dents to avoid spec­u­la­tion about the in­ci­dent, ask­ing for com­pas­sion and un­der­stand­ing in­stead.

“We must al­low the in­ves­ti­ga­tion to run its course and en­cour­age any­one with in­for­ma­tion to share it with the au­thor­i­ties.”

She al­so en­cour­aged those in need or any­one fac­ing dan­ger or chal­lenges should seek sup­port via:

TTPS (999) and so­cial ser­vices such as the Di­vi­sion of Health, Well­ness and So­cial Pro­tec­tion (639-3395, 635-0237), as well as the Min­istry of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices (800-1673, 800-2619, 800-2673.

“As fam­i­ly mem­bers and neigh­bours, we must stay vig­i­lant and look out for each oth­er’s well-be­ing,” Web­ster-Roy added. “I urge every­one to of­fer sup­port and seek pro­fes­sion­al help when­ev­er it is need­ed.”