Republic Bank renews RHTY&SC Grade 6 Summer Camp sponsorship

…over 100 students to benefit

Over the past 14 years, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS, and its different cricket teams have hosted an Annual Grade Six Summer Camp for students preparing for entry into secondary school.
More than 1200 students have benefited from the camp, which has been sponsored by the Rose Hall Town Branch of Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd. The Bank on Tuesday last renewed its long-standing sponsorship of the camp for the 15th consecutive year. The simple presentation ceremony was held at the newly-opened bank building, located at Williamsburg, Rose Hall Town and was attended by officials of the club and the branch
RHTY&SC Secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the idea of the summer camp came about after a brief conversation with some First-Form Students at the Lower Corentyne Secondary School, who told him that they found it a bit difficult to make a successful transition from primary school to secondary school. Not only was the school work very different but thy found the cultural experience, a bit strange with bullies, physical attraction and peer pressure.
The main objective of the Rose Hall Town Republic Bank Summer Camp is to properly prepare youths for a successful transition from the primary level to the secondary level, to allow students to hit the road running in terms of work in the classroom and understanding the cultural experience at secondary school while inspiring youths to make the correct career choices.

The camp starts on Monday, July 8, 2024, at the Rose Hall Town Primary School and a three-member teaching staff would teach the students the following subjects: Maths, English A, History, Integrated Science and Basic Spanish. The four-week camp would also involve numerous lectures on topics of importance to the students including drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, peer pressure, personal hygiene, the importance of education, personal discipline, classroom manners and suicide.
RHTY&SC Organising Secretary Robby Kissoonlall stated that a maximum of 120 students would be accepted and while all Berbician students are invited to be a part of the camp, most students would be from the Rose Hall Town, Port Mourant, Tain, Belvedere and Cropper Primary Schools. The students would also be provided with basic coaching on how to play cricket and would also be involved in some community projects. At the end of the camp, each student would receive an educational package worth about $3000 while the top 10 students would receive special prizes.
The best student of the 2024 Republic Bank Summer Camp would receive close to $300,000 worth of gifts including an electric bike, a bicycle, an electronic table, designer clothing, designer watch, food hampers, La-Z-Boy, personal care hampers, household utensils among other items.
Rose Hall Town Pepsi Under-19 Team Captain Matthew Pottaya expressed thanks to Republic Bank for its sponsorship and reassured the company that the camp would be a success. The camp is being organised by the Rose Hall Town Poonai Under-13, Farfan and Mendes Under-15, 2 Bakewell Under-17, Pepsi Under-19, Metro Females and the Namilco Thunderbolt First Division and Under-21 Teams.
Republic Bank Rose Hall Town Sales Manager (ag) Denise Ramdial stated that the Bank was pleased to be associated with the Summer Camp as it strongly believes in investing in the educational development of youths. She also expressed confidence in the Summer Camp being a successful one and called on the students to take advantages of the opportunities provided to them.