Charrandas Persaud donates bats and balls to Cricket Gear joint Initiative

Guyana’s former High Commissioner to India, Charrandas Persaud, now a businessman, has donated five cricket bats and twelve red balls to the Cricket Gear joint Initiative that is managed by Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of the USA.
An attorney-at-law by profession, Persaud is a Berbician by birth and a Canadian citizen by nationality.
The managers of this Cricket Gear initiative have said they are very thankful to Persaud for his timely contribution, as they aim to keep young people off the streets and get them actively involved in sports, cricket in particular.
Total cricket-related items received/purchased so far: $460,000 in cash, thirteen coloured cricket uniforms, one set of stumps, two trophies, thirty-one pairs of cricket shoes, thirty-five pairs of batting pads, forty cricket bats, thirty-six pairs of batting gloves, twenty-six thigh pads, three pairs of wicket-keeping pads, six arm guards, two chest pads, two boxes, twelve cricket bags, six bat rubbers, six helmets, one fiberglass bat, one pair of floppy hats, thirteen boxes of white cricket balls, eleven boxes of red cricket balls and twenty-eight footballs.
Besides the above, gear valued at over $600,000 was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former national wicket-keeper /batsman.
All cash collected is being used to purchase cricket gear requested and not available at the time.

To date, eighty-nine young players, males and females from all three counties of Guyana, have benefited directly from the receipt of cash, seven gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, thirty-three bats, four boxes, six helmets, thirty-three pairs of cricket shoes, twenty-one pairs of batting pads, twenty-four thigh pads, one bat grip, thirty-five pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicketkeeping pads, and three pairs of wicketkeeping gloves. Many others have benefited indirectly.
In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area have benefited from receipt of two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each, Cold Fusion Cricket Club received thirteen coloured uniforms, while RHCCCC received six boxes of balls, fifteen white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicketkeeping gloves, and two sets of stumps and bails.
Other beneficiaries are: the Essequibo Cricket Board, the Town of Lethem, youth coach Travis Persaud (one box of red cricket balls), male and female teams playing traditional hardball and softball cricket in the Upper Corentyne area; No.65 Young Titans, who have received 30 T-shirts; youths of Just Try Cricket Club, Wakenaam Cricket Academy (one box of white balls), Shamar Joseph, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Shamar Apple, Leguan Cricket Committee, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each), Kendall’s Union Cricket Club (two boxes of red balls), Lower Corentyne, Corentyne Comprehensive and JC Chandisingh Secondary schools (twelve red balls each).
Cricket-related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana.

Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent-spotting is being done across the country, and club leaders also assist to identify same.
Progressive and well managed cricket clubs with a youth programme would also benefit.
The success of this initiative would never have been possible without the support of the following persons/entities: Javed and Imran of West Indian Sports Complex; Option Group of USA; Hilbert Foster; Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers; Sean Devers; Trevis Simon; Årïêl J. Tïlkú; Aaron Beharry; Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor; Devon Ramnauth; Teddy Singh; Romash Munna; Ravi Etwaroo of Cricket Zone, USA; Kelvin Brijlall; Ravin Harkishun; Surendra Harkishun; Allan Mangru and Dennis Mangru; Vishal Mahabir; Sherman Austin; Huburn Evans; Rajendra Sadeo and Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall; Sheik Mohamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies; Ajay Gainda of Cricket Equipment Guyana; Gajanand Singh; Peter Ramkissoon; Rabindranath Saywack; Roshan Gaffoor; Ameer Rahaman; Chin Singh; Denesh Chandrapaul; Davo Naraine of UK; Dr Cecil Beharry; Raj Mathura; Raj Bharrat; Latch Mohabir and family; Suresh Dhanai; Vishal Nagamootoo; Moses Nagamootoo Jnr; Regal Sports Store; Omkar Singh; Parmanand Dhaniram; Reshma Mathura; Booman Singh; Krishna Rengensamy; Ishwar Singh; Ricky Deonarain of 4R Bearings; Terry Mathura of TDMJ Inc; Kennard Verapen and NY Pioneer CC; Anita and Derek Kallicharran; Subhas Powan Persaud of DX Sports; Ramjit Singh; Vishnu Dudnauth; Johnno Persaud; Bob Harrischan; Kumar Dindial; Shazam Hussain; Ravi Lutchman of JIS&L NY; Muhammad Afzal of Cyber Trading, Georgetown; Kaieteur Cricket Club of Kitchener, Canada; Randolph Soobrian; and now Charrandas Persaud.
Managers of this initiative have said the media’s role cannot be underestimated, “and we thank you for your continued support from the inception.”
Distribution will continue.