In the meantime she had become well-known and accepted for her activities throughout the country. She championed the cause in many fields:

• In 1980 she opened the Marsha Phoenix Home together with her husband. This is a home for girls who had to leave their families because of problems with their parents.
  
  
• She founded MELRAW, an organisation which offers Racism Awareness Training programs.
  
  
• Austen P. Brandt met her in 1979, got to know the Racism Awareness Training program and was trained by her.
  
  
• Since then there have been close contacts, many Germans visitors have stayed at her home.
  
  
• She delivered the keynote address at the phoenix e.V. celebration day in 1996.
  
  
• Society values her work tremendously even though she still is a critical authority and fights against any kind of discrimination.
  
  
• In 1973 she was made a Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
  
  
• Her native country Guyana honoured her with an award for her service to the people of her country both within and without Guayana.
  
  
• She held the office of Mayor of Lewisham/London from 1998 to 1999,
  and subsequently was made honorary citizen of Lewisham and London.
  
  

Her work serves as our model in many respects.
Her unquestioning care for people and her campaign against any kind of discrimination have affected us most profoundly.

From being together with her we have learnt that a battle against unjust structures must not necessarily involve bitterness but can rather be driven by the belief that it is possible to change conditions and people living under these conditions for the better.