Sugar area schools receive assistance

Dec 18, 2018 News

Seventy-five students from three primary schools located in the vicinity of closed sugar estates were the recipients of donations of school supplies, food hampers and cash through an initiative

Ram distribution at Skeldon, Wales

spearheaded by Ram & McRae, Chartered Accountants.
Of the 75, nearly two dozen were also supplied with bicycles, owing to the distance between their homes and their schools.
The three schools were the Patentia Primary, Skeldon Primary and Rose Hall Canje Primary and the ages of the children, who were selected by the Head Teacher of the respective schools, ranged between five years and ten years.
The exercise was carried out in the last week of school before the Christmas break and followed a similar event at Patentia Primary School earlier this year.
The estimated value of the donations of approximately $2.5 million benefitted from a number of clients and friends of Ram & McRae.
“We therefore take this opportunity to acknowledge Republic Bank, National Milling Company Limited, Sterling Products Ltd, Bakewell, Mattai’s Food Market, Creations December 17, 2018 and Toucan Industries Limited for their generous contribution.”
The presentations were made to the students by partners and members of staff of the Firm and saw many parents in attendance.
The school Heads acknowledged the need for many more such initiatives and while expressing the hope that the event will be repeated next year, also lamented how difficult it was to identify 25 needy cases out of scores of similarly placed children in their areas.

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