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Investment in youths will continue – Pele FC Alumni Corp. Chairman, Denis Carrington
Executive members of the Pele FC Alumni Corporation are presently in Guyana as the USA-based entity seeks to get back on track with its many developmental and support programmes for students and other entities.
The five Pele FC Alumni Corporation Scholarship Students from right, Josiah King, Shoran James, Reshona Bishop, Sarah Mathias and Isaiah Layne.
Pele FC Alumni Corporation Executive Committee Members, Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton (right), Eric ‘Riggy’ Smith (3rd right) and Denis Carrington (3rd left) pose with the Scholarship Students on Friday at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown
Pele FC Alumni Corporation’s annual two-day Educational Development Programme which is aimed at empowering young players (male and female) to overcome poverty by building their confidence, self-esteem, and ambition, through the power of sports and education was halted due to the global, covid-19 pandemic in 2019.
So, with the aim of getting back on track, Chairman of the entity Denis Carrington along with Treasurer Patrick ‘Labba’ Barton and Executive Committee Member, Eric ‘Riggy’ Smith, all accomplished players back in their days, are home to put the framework back in place to get their programmes up and running once again. Also attending the activity was Local Representative, David Gomes.
Chairman Carrington stated: “This trip is aimed at engaging our Scholarship awardees and their parents, we are going to also reconnect and develop relationships with partners as we support our youth, creating new initiatives and opportunities for our partnership and strategise for our Pele Football Club short and long term vision back to excellence.”
A successful meeting with five (5) of the six Scholarship Students took place at the Marriott Hotel last Friday, where students and their parents were hosted for lunch and a subsequent interactive session.
“I think we had a great lunch and discussion with the kids and their parents where we were brought up to speed with their progress again and shared our thoughts and ideas with them on the way forward.”
The names of the students are Reshona Bishop, Sarah Mathias, Shoran James, Isaiah Layne and Josiah King. The sixth student, Joshua Denny was murdered last September when he was robbed and shot on his way to work.
A minute of silence was observed by the students, parents, and Pele FC Alumni ExCo members in Denny’s honour. Meeting with other entities that receive support from the Pele FC Alumni Corporation are scheduled over the coming days.
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