RHTYSC and Republic Bank donates educational materials to school children

Aug 26, 2020 Sports

Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS and its ten cricket teams has began their annual Back to School programme. On Wednesday last with support from the Rose Hall Town Branch of Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd, the club provided a school bag and educational materials to dozens of students preparing for their first term at the Secondary School level.

Some of the students pose with their educational packages.

Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu noted that every year, the teams normally distributes over $1M worth of school bags and educational materials but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the target would be $400,000. Naidu noted that under the Basil Butcher Trust Fund, students would also benefit from other forms of assistance as the cricket teams seek to encourage youths to stay in school and complete their educational background.
The Asst Secretary/CEO disclosed that Republic Bank and the RHTYSC for over a decade had hosted an annual Summer Camp for sixty Grade Six Students preparing for Secondary School but this year’s edition was cancelled due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in Berbice. He noted that while all arrangements were in place, the club consulted with the sponsor as the positive COVID-19 test increase rapidly in Guyana and decided to call of the camp. The funds were then used to donate the school bags and items such as, pens, exercise books, pencils, rulers, sharpeners and folders.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony hailed Republic Bank as a friend of the club and one of the main reasons why the RHTYSC was successful in fulfilling its mandate to youths. Foster urged the students to make education the number one priority in life and told them that the five years in secondary school would determine their future.
Foster, who is also the President of the Berbice Cricket Board, also spoke of the importance of getting involved in sports. He advised the youths to choose their friends carefully as Secondary School requires a more mature attitude than primary school. Foster spoke broadly of the need to Say No to drugs, suicide, alcohol, tobacco, crime and yes to education, religion, life and culture. The RHTYSC Secretary/CEO committed the club to assisting the students in the future so that they can fulfill their potential in the classroom and even in sports.
The ten cricket teams of the RHTYSC are Poonai Pharmacy Under 12 and Under 13, Farfan and Mendes Under 15, Bakewell Under 17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under 19 and Intermediate, Metro Female, Namilco Thunderbolt Flour First Division and Under 21.