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YCT gets donation from overseas based Guyanese
The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) has received a donation of a laptop and a desktop computer, a public address system, a printer and other computer accessories from overseas-based Guyanese, Sahaboob Yassin.
Yassin made the donation recently at the Agricola Community Center.
In his address, Yassin said that it was always his dream to come back to Guyana and rebuild the community. “One of the biggest challenges is not seeing the revival of the youth movement in Guyana,” Yassin said.
He said that part of his initiative was to push for the youth initiative in Guyana, not only in Georgetown but also in other parts of the country, thus he sought out the YCT because he saw potential in the organization.
YCT’s president Jermaine Grant accepts the donation from Sahaboob Yassin.
Yassin further stated that he would like to see the project develop not just in Agricola but also in other parts of the country.
President of YCT, Jermaine Grant, said that the items donated will serve to launch YCT computer classes which would he held at the Agricola Community Center. He said that the programme will complement the literacy programme and also serve other communities.
He said that among the items donated are laptops which will see them having some mobile classes in identified communities as it relates to the programmes that they will soon start. Grant expressed his heartfelt appreciation and profound gratitude to Mr. Yassin for his kind donation.
“It is very timely and I think his investment in the items donated is not an investment in YCT but an investment in young people and a group that has been doing a lot of outstanding work in communities for young people,” Grant stated.
Recently the group started a literacy programme in the community. This programme is aimed at helping to enhance literacy in Guyana. Grant said that the organization has recognized a tremendous need to give back to the community.
He said that the entity wanted to give something that would forever change a child’s life. “We did not want to give a meagre gift. We wanted something that would in all be beneficial to them in time to come,” Grant stressed.
He explained that the initiative targets children primarily between the ages of eight and 11 years.
Grant said that YCT’s ambitions are to extend the programme to other communities where equal demand exists for the improvement of literacy and numeracy.
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