Pathera Solutions makes significant contribution to RHTY&SC cricket teams’ 2021 Christmas programme 

— as 2021 edition is launched

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) is widely known for its policy: all members are mandated to participate in programmes that make a positive difference in the lives of youths, the less fortunate and the elderly.
Every year, the club and its 12 cricket teams undertake a total of 700 activities under a wide range of sub-headings, including sports, education, social, coaching, community development, publications, prolife and charity, among others. One of the largest programmes the club undertakes each year is its annual Christmas Outreach Programme, main objectives of this multi-million-dollar programme being to make a positive difference in the lives of the poor during the festive season, to promote the real tradition of Christmas, and to place a smile on the faces of those who need it most.

The club has been hosting these programmes since 1990, and the reach of these programmes has expanded over the years.
The programme also includes the hosting of the very popular Christmas Village in the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School. The cricket teams first hosted the Village in 2015, and, over the last six years, it has developed into the most popular Christmas programme in Berbice. It is visited by thousands of kids and their parents. It involves the transformation of the compound with fairy lights and inflatable characters, among other attractions.
On Friday last, the club and the cricket teams officially launched the 2021 edition of the Christmas Programme at the head office of official sponsor Farfan and Mendes Ltd at Providence, East Bank Demerara. There, Panthera Solutions, a member of the Farfan & Mendes Group of Companies, handed over a cheque for $315,000 to RHTY&SC Vice President Mark Papannah. The donation would be used to assist the teams to prepare food hampers and provide toys for children of less fortunate families.
RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster has said that this year’s edition of the Christmas Programme would involve the distribution of 1000 food hampers, 7000 Christmas toys, the handing over of two homes to less fortunate families, and the distribution of bicycles, clothing, footwear and educational materials.
The programme would also include the distribution of hundreds of special Christmas gifts, donations to churches/ clubs, providing 500 Christmas morning breakfast to senior citizens, hosting of a Christmas Concert, and if permission is granted, the hosting of the seventh edition of the popular Christmas Village.
Foster expressed gratitude to the management of Panthera Solutions for the donation, and noted that this is the third successive year that the company has come on board with the programme.
Established in Guyana in 2019, Panthera Solutions is a joint project between Farfan and Mendes and the Crosbie Company of Canada. It provides industrial solutions and value-added services to Guyana’s burgeoning oil and gas industry. Foster has said that Farfan and Mendes is the longest serving sponsor of the club, and has been supporting since 1995, when it donated a grass cutter.
The company became an official sponsor of the club in 1997, and has been sponsoring the under-15 team since then.
Panthera Solutions General Manager Andrew Dinsdale has said the company is delighted to assist the club and the cricket teams to make a positive difference during the festive season. The company, he disclosed, has great respect for the RHTY&SC, and is very impressed with the way it conducts its business.
He noted that the company is also a co-sponsor of the club’s annual magazine, and had also sponsored a cricket development project earlier in the year.
The 2021 Christmas Programme would start on the 1st of December and end on Christmas morning. More than 240 members are expected to be involved in this, the largest Christmas outreach programme in Berbice.