Mohamed’s, Precious Angels donate $1.5M to charities

Mohamed’s Enterprise and Precious Angels on Thursday collaborated to give back to the community, by distributing monetary donations to eight charities and non-governmental organisations.

At City Mall, a simple ceremony was facilitated to hand over the cheques, valued at $125,000 each. The recipients included the Guyana Society for the Blind, Shaheed’s Orphanage, Joshua House Children’s Centre, Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Dharam Shala among others.
One of the representatives, Nizam Zaman, told this publication, “This exercise is geared at helping the poor. The management of Mohamed’s Enterprise is always into helping those less fortunate and they’re partnering with Precious Angels Charity. This is a yearly assistance offered to those who are rendering assistance and making a home for the less fortunate and those in need.”
Meanwhile, one of the founders of Precious Angels, Aisha Khan, added that they would have raised funds for this gesture through a fundraising activity last month.
“We hosted a barbecue back in November in [the] name of the Precious Angels Charity and we raised money. We were able to give to eight charities,” she noted,
The charity was set up to raise awareness on Rett syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects mostly girls. The idea is to help the public to gain familiarity with the disorder since it is not known to many Guyanese.
The syndrome is a rare non-inherited disorder that affects 1 in 10,000 females and begins to display itself between six to 18 months after birth. Rett syndrome leads to severe impairments, affecting nearly every aspect of life: the ability to speak, walk, eat and breathe easily.