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RHTYSC Cricket teams launch Christmas outreach Programme
Donations made to Police, ‘B’ Division, Williamsburg Health center and others
RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hands over donation to the Williamsburg Health Clinic.
Hilbert Foster hands over cricket gears to the ‘B’ Division Commander Jairam Ramlakhan.
Kaieteur News – The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS on Monday last launched their 2020 Christmas Outreach Programme by making donations to several organisations across Berbice. The ten teams handed over donations to the Berbice River Cricket Association, Police ‘B’ Division, Williamsburg Health Center, ST. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church and the Little Angel Feeding Programme.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, who is heading the RHTYSC Christmas Programme along with his deputy Simon Naidu and Organising Secretary Rabindranauth Kissoonlall, stated that this year’s edition would be the largest of its kind since the outreach programme started in 1990, the same year that the club was founded by the ST. Francis Community Developers.
The teams due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic would be unable to host their annual Christmas Village in its full glory but would be distributing one thousand food hampers, five thousand Christmas toys, clothing, footwear and educational materials including school bags across the Ancient County. Additionally five hundred single parent households would receive a Christmas package and hundreds of senior citizens would benefit from a special Christmas breakfast. Hundreds would also receive a warm meal along with refreshments during a Christmas Feeding of the Poor programme.
The Berbice River Cricket Association on request, received a donation of cricket balls and scorebooks from the RHTYSC while the Berbice ‘B” Division of the Guyana Police Force received a donation consisting of cricket balls, batting gloves, football, batting pad, scorebooks, youth information booklets and a quantity of Covid-19 educational posters. The Williamsburg Health Center, which looks after newborn children in the Rose Hall Town to Albion area, benefitted from a donation of items including electric fans, toilet covers, buckets, small water dispenser, weight scale, paint, clocks, scotch tape among others, while the Little Angel Feeding Programme, based in Albion received a financial contribution towards providing toys to less fortunate kids.
The ST. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Port Mourant also benefitted from a financial contribution of fifty thousand dollars towards two projects, the Church is undertaking in its compound. Foster, who is also the President of the Berbice Cricket Board, also used his influence to obtain a donation of white sand for the projects from a New Amsterdam based businessman.
Foster explained that the RHTYSC was quite passionate about making positive difference in the lives of others and as such, the ten cricket teams every year are mandated to undertake a combined 320 personal developmental programmes under a wide range of sub-headings including charity, youth development, community development, educational, social, religious, anti-drugs, anti-crime and environmental.
Foster hailed the outstanding work of the teams and the executives of the club, noting that despite the eight months long pandemic, the RHTYSC was well on the way to achieve its target of seven hundreds activities for 2020. Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu stated that several organisations would also receive donations over the next month including orphanages, cricket clubs, Berbice Umpires Association and senior citizens homes. Representative of the five groups expressed gratitude to the RHTYSC for their contribution.
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