Tropical Shipping has continued its strides in making meaningful contributions to not only sport but persons with disabilities as it made another financial donation to the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD)
The timely donation, which was made on Tuesday morning, will be utilised to facilitate the establishment of two blind cricket nurseries and for the further development of blind cricket in Regions Four and 10. The funds received will go towards the procurement of blind cricket gear and equipment for the aforementioned initiatives.
Blind Cricketer Ganesh Singh receives the sponsorship cheque from a Tropical Shipping representative
Fuelled by Tropical Shipping’s donation, the GCOPD, in partnership with the Guyana Blind Cricket Association (GuyBCA), is hoping to expose children and adults who are blind and visually impaired to the fundamentals of blind cricket through the nurseries and other blind cricket development activities.
GCOPD Programme Coordinator Ganesh Singh thanked Tropical Shipping for its timely donation. Singh also highlighted the importance of sports in the rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities. He further outlined the impact of blind cricket on the lives of persons who are blind and visually impaired, since the sport was introduced to Guyana in November 2005.
Singh, who is a current national and West Indies blind cricketer, emphasised on the positive impact that blind cricket has had on his life after he lost his sight as a teenager and was at home depressed. He noted that blind cricket was the vehicle for his rehabilitation, reintegration into society, and acquisition of confidence as a blind person.
Also speaking at the presentation ceremony was Tropical Shipping’s Country Manager Glenis Hodge, who explained that the company was happy to play a role in helping to provide opportunities for persons with vision-related disabilities to be involved in sports, as part of Tropical’s corporate social responsibility. Among the items to be purchased are blind cricket balls, cricket bats, batting gloves, wicketkeeping gloves, and gear and equipment bags.
Tropical Shipping is a shipping and logistics company that has over 50 years’ experience in the business arena. It has weekly seven-day transit sailing from Florida to Guyana and provides Guyana with complete shipping services to and from Canada and across the Caribbean.
