Digicel donates over $6M to charities

Dec 15, 2008 News

In the season of goodwill, Digicel on Friday last began its quest to bring joy and excitement to underprivileged children across the country for the holidays. From now until Christmas day, thirteen (13) child-care institutions will receive donations of cash and gifts, plus on Christmas Day Digicel’s staff will selflessly volunteer to feed the poor and needy in Georgetown.

Digicel Guyana’s CEO, Gregory Dean and Santa Claus share the Christmas spirit with children of the Red Cross Convalescent Home

Santa Claus joined other Digicel employees on Friday to present cash donations and gifts to the children of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Joshua House and the Red Cross Convalescent Home. The children were delighted to see Santa Claus, whose bag was stocked with goodies, toys, and so much more.
Digicel CEO, Gregory Dean, said that “there is no better feeling than seeing the sparkle in children’s eyes when they receive a gift at Christmas. At Digicel we give back to the community year round, but at Christmas we like to give a little extra, and we prefer to bring that extra special cheer to the lives of underprivileged children during the season.”
Dean added, “There are some little girls and boys who will not get a special gift this Christmas, and so we urge others who can assist to give generously. While Digicel will not be able to give every little boy and girl a gift, we will surely try to give as much as possible.”
The Digicel team will visit the Ruimveldt Children’s Home and the Palms today, then tomorrow the team will head to the St. John’s Bosco Orphanage at Plaisance, the Mahaica Children’s Home and the Mahaica Disability Home. The children at the Alpha Children’s Home and the Good Samaritan Home in Berbice will be visited on Wednesday, and then Santa Claus will spend time with the children at the Suddie Hospital on Thursday. The children at the Linden Care Foundation and the Good Shepherd Academy will get their gifts on Friday.
“In the words of Moses Cooley: ‘Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.’ It is with this kind of belief that our staff has offered to volunteer to bring joy to the homeless by providing them with a hot meal on Christmas Day,” Dean concluded.