Digicel Guyana turns 10, celebrates by giving back
Digicel Guyana is 10 years old today and has been celebrating its milestone by giving back to customers in a big way.
The telecommunications giant visited 10 special needs schools and orphanages throughout Guyana over the past two weeks to deliver some much-needed supplies, appliances, stationery, school shoes, food hampers and other items.
Company representatives visited the New Amsterdam Special Needs School, Tuschen Deaf Academy, Gifted Hands Special Needs School, St John’s Boys
Staff members with students of the Linden Low Vision Unit
Orphanage, Diamond Special Needs School, Canaan Children’s Home, Cheshire Home, Shaheed’s Boys Orphanage, Linden Resource Unit for the Blind (Low Vision Unit) and Prabhu Sharran Orphanage. The St John’s Boys Orphanage was the first stop in the series of visits, which commenced on January 31.
Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James, along with several members of staff, delivered breakfast, school shoes, backpacks, school items, a washing machine and other supplies which were needed by the Orphanage.
“We are happy to be here with you as we will soon be celebrating our 10th anniversary; we would like you to know that we are here to support you, young people and we will always be here to lend a helping hand,” James told the small
Students of the New Amsterdam Special Needs School posed with staff of Digicel Guy
gathering.
After the official presentation to the Director, Sister Julie Matthews, the staff were more than happy to assist the boys in finding their sizes so they could be off to school in their new shoes and new backpacks. Sister Matthews and 14-year-old Stephan thanked Digicel for its timely donations and encouraged those present to “keep doing good”.
The telecommunications company delivered mobile aids in the form of wheelchairs, backpacks, food items, school supplies and a gas stove to the other beneficiaries.
The Headmistress of Diamond Special Needs School, Wendy Grimmond, indicated their interest in starting a feeding programme for the students and as such, Digicel has willingly donated a new gas stove and a quantity of food items to get the programme started.
Digicel continued on its anniversary quest to put smiles on the faces of special needs students and teachers in Guyana. Its next stop was the New Amsterdam Special Needs School where it commissioned a brand new sick-bay and donated several new kitchen appliances.
The staff had cleaned and gave an existing room in the school a makeover, into the sick-bay.
“We were more than happy to take some time off to come and help where we knew our help was needed. Doing this today was something that all the staff enjoyed and we were happy that we could have spent some time with the students. Experiencing the joy on their faces as they saw the new space and as they hopped on the beds was all the thanks we needed,” Digicel Public Relations Manager Vidya Sanichara said. The team also stopped at the Canaan Children’s Home while in Berbice.
Digicel remains committed to fulfilling its corporate social responsibility, and its focus on charity and special needs remain at the top of the list. Special needs intervention is central to its mandate throughout the Caribbean and Central America and the company is committed to enhancing the welfare of children with special needs across those markets.
For its anniversary celebrations, Digicel will also be gifting 10 lucky Facebook fans with gifts based on its “Name your gift” Facebook promotion where they make a gift request and Digicel will grant their request. In addition, 10 loyal customers who have been on the network from the inception would also receive upgrades to their handsets.
This will be done during a special radio programme this morning at the company’s head office in Barrack Street, Kingston, Georgetown.
