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Bakewell and Rainbow Signs boost RHTY&SC, St. Francis Anti-Suicide Programme
The efforts of the eight cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club to tackle the problem of suicide among youths in Berbice have received a major boost.
The two organisations on Wednesday last received twenty five large full coloured banners compliments of Rainbow Signs of Hampshire and popular bakery, Bakewell.
Rainbow Signs’ Managing Director Sanjay Prittipal hands over one of the banners to Secretary of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club Ms. Veronica Narain in the presence of other members.
The teams: RHT Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Female and the Gizmos and Gadgets Under-21 and Intermediate along with the St. Francis Youth Club last month launched a massive Anti-Suicide campaign in response to the problem that is affecting the Ancient County.
Several youths in Berbice have already taken their own lives in 2014 and Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC Hilbert Foster described the suicide problem as a very worrying one as Guyana cannot afford to lose any more of its most important asset, young people.
He described suicide as the easy way out of problems and stated that it is a permanent solution to a temporary situation. The RHTY&SC and St. Francis, Foster stated that he would continue to work together to assist youths to understand that life is the best gift you can receive and once lost, cannot be replaced.
Secretary of the St. Francis Youth Club Veronica Narain disclosed that the banners would be distributed to all Secondary Schools in Region 6 and some other centers where youths often visit. The anti-suicide programme has to date included distribution of hundreds of posters on suicide and drugs, television commercials, television programmes, T-shirts with messages, sport tournaments and counseling sessions for youths.
Narain expressed gratitude to Mr. Sanjay Prittipal of Rainbow Signs and Mr. Rajendra Ganga of Bakewell for supporting the two clubs in their Anti Suicide efforts. Mr. Prittipal stated that his company was pleased to partner with two dynamic organisations as he himself was concerned with the high suicide rate among youths in Berbice.
He called on parents to pay more attention to their children and stated that Rainbow Signs was committed towards assisting youths to say No to suicide and Drugs.
Among the schools receiving banners are Lower Corentyne Secondary, J.C Chandisingh, Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary, Black Bush Polder Secondary, Berbice High School and Line Path Secondary School.
The banner would also be placed at other institutions.
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