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DDL Foundation announces seven new beneficiaries
Demerara Distillers hosted an award ceremony at its Kingston head office to mark the success of seven selected students who excelled at the recent National Grade Six Assessment Examinations.
The students, Anjalee Ramnauth, Erik Jan Nissen, Tularan Ramanand, Sharada Samaroo and Saskia Singh of Queen’s College and Rebekah Adolphus and Vani Ramnarain of The Bishop’s High School, were welcomed and congratulated by the Chairman of the DDL Foundation, Rudy Collins.
Dr Yesu Persaud (left) and Mr. Rudy Collins with the awardees on Monday.
Other Directors of the Foundation are: Mr. Chandradat Chintamani, Mr. Loris Nathoo, Ms Sharda Veeren-Chand, Ms Sylvia Conway and Mrs. Evelyn Hamilton. Ms Alison Thorne has been appointed as the legal advisor to the Foundation while Mrs. Sharon Sue-Hang serves as Secretary to the Board.
The DDL Foundation was launched last December and focuses on the advancement of education for secondary students by assisting with the main costs associated with attending school.
The award includes books, uniforms, transportation and meals. All students who excelled in the National Grade Six Examination and who demonstrated their need for assistance as a result of their financial or social constraints can apply to the Foundation.
Collins also noted that the Foundation would continue to work with the beneficiaries to ensure that they maintain their level of performance up to CXC. He noted that the students were selected from the top two percent in the country and urged them to stay at the top.
The Foundation, he says, comprises mainly volunteers from the DDL staff body. It would also include a Mentorship Programme where each child would be linked to a mentor who will monitor the performance of the child and provide the necessary moral and other support during the period of their relationship with the Foundation.
Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited, Dr. Yesu Persaud, in an address to the recipients noted that DDL continues to be committed to the development of people and youths in particular. He lauded the students for their achievements and noted that some of them overcame major obstacles but still succeeded adding that they should be proud of themselves.
Dr. Persaud said that education was key to overcoming poverty and expressed the hope that the children would one day be able to contribute to the development of Guyana reminding them of the responsibility they have to continue to excel.
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