Trinidadians and Venezuelans attended the first round of the SDG Amazing Race at Saith Park, Chaguanas on 25th September 2022. The event was hosted as the first of a series of events that allowed people to interact with the Sustainable Development Goals and what they mean for Trinidad and Tobago’s progress and prosperity. This inaugural edition of the SDG Amazing Race focuses on SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The European Union, UNHCR, IOM and UN-Habitat champion this goal by promoting inclusion and acceptance of migrants and refugees. To win the competition, teams had to navigate a trivia maze and a complete an amateur steelpan showdown. The trivia maze featured questions on the United Nations, the SDGs, migrants and refugees. These questions presented an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the meaningful contributions that migrants and refugees have made in their host communities, both in Trinidad and Tobago and globally. In the steelpan competition that followed, we tasked these amateur pannists with learning the Venezuelan folk song, Alma Llanera. Young members of the Proman Starlift Steel Orchestra coached participants, and the contestants then performed in front of a panel of celebrity judges and diplomats from the United Nations and the European Union.

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