Precious Angels Charity donates $1.5M to special needs schools

A number of Special Needs schools on Friday benefitted from donations valued at $1.5 million through the Precious Angels Charity, a non-profit organisation raising awareness about the rare neurological disability, Rett syndrome.
Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects the brain’s development, thus causing mental and physical disability.
The Special Needs schools that received gifts and donations were the Gifted Hands Learning Academy, St Barnabas School, MET Pride academy, and the Autism School.

The simple handing over ceremony, which was hosted at Mohamed’s Enterprise, Lombard Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, saw a number of students from the schools receiving monetary donations along with small gift items.
Representative of the charity organisation, Isha Khan said that the organisation’s aim is to bring awareness and possibly create a cure for Rett syndrome in children in Guyana.
“We’re hoping to establish a cure for Rett syndrome in Guyana or start a Rett syndrome clinic to help kids be diagnosed with Rett syndrome at an early stage in their life,” Khan stated.
She indicated that the charity usually hosts walk events to bring awareness to the rare disease, however, due to the pandemic, this was put on hold.
“Every year we have an annual fundraising event… but this year we’ve been affected by the COVID-19 virus, we were not allowed to have our public annual walk or public event, so we decided to invite the schools and the representatives of some of the schools to give them gifts and some money,” she further shared.
It is estimated that Rett syndrome affects about 1 in 12,000 girls born each year and is only rarely seen in boys.