Guyanese investor and mining executive Dean Hassan, CEO of Tesouro Resources, yesterday donated 10 million dollars to various local charities in an effort to give back to society.
A simple ceremony was held in the Ballet Room at Cara Lodge and was attended by a number of representatives from the entities.
The benefiting charities are the Deaf Association of Guyana, Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA), Help and Shelter, Guyana Legion, Guyana Red Cross Society, Salvation Army, St. John’s Bosco Orphanage, Dharm-Shala, Association of Uncle Eddie’s Home, St. Ann’s Orphanage, Lodge Youth Basketball Guyana, Ms. Syeada Manbodh, Queen’s College Old Students Association, Genevieve Beepat, David Rose School for Handicapped Children, Guyana Palms, and the Guyana Society for the Blind.
Andrew Pollard, a friend and legal advisor to Hassan said that “it has been a long time since Dean was planning to give back in a significant way to the society which has been very good to him.”
Before presenting the cheques to the recipients, Hassan said that, “I am taking this opportunity to give back to society and I am very fortunate and blessed to be in the position to do and help in a significant way.”