Eastville Nursery spreads Christmas cheer to senior citizens

Students of Eastville Nursery, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, last week distributed hampers to about 80 senior citizens from the community of Buxton.

The pupils, aided by teachers and parents, undertook their annual charitable project spearheaded by Head Teacher of the school, Ronda Isaacs.
She said that since assuming the role of Head Teacher, the school, in 2017, with the support of parents and teachers, sought to assist the less fortunate.
“We have been teaching our students through this project that caring is sharing and it’s very important to give. Since the commencement of this project, the response has been heartening as the parents have been very supportive and they understand that teaching their children to give is worthwhile and very important,” she said.
The Head Mistress explained that this year, they sought to provide hampers to some 80 seniors who turn up at the Buxton Post Office to uplift their pensions.
“When we thought about this year’s project, we wanted to be very impactful and decided that with a number of seniors turning out to receive their pension, it was an ideal moment to provide the hamper to them,” she said.
“We are cognisant that we must continue to recognise our seniors as they would have made meaningful contributions in their respective way to our society so as the Christmas season dawns upon us we must continue to realise that giving is sharing and, therefore, our seniors will continue to be respected and admired by our children,” she stressed.
The hampers contained rice, sugar, flour and other food items.
The Head Teacher expressed thanks and gratitude to their social partners in continuing to support the yearly initiative and looks forward for their support in 2010.