FOUNDATION GIVES BACK

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The office of the Minority Leader partnered with the  BLAWSSUMM CAN Foundation to donate a financial contribution to the Happy Haven School in Tobago. The handover took place on Wednesday at the School in Signal Hill Tobago. Elizabeth Williams was there and has this report.

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00:00So we are donating funds to your school and some of $5,000. We held several

00:08events during the year, one of which was the Nirvana event, which is a fundraising

00:13activity, and from that we are doing several donations to different

00:18organizations and individuals, and Happy Haven School is one of the recipients.

00:24The Blossom Can Foundation was established with the aim of improving

00:31the lives of residents of the villages of Black Rock, Wynn, Spring Garden, Darrell

00:36Spring, and surrounding areas. Understanding that these areas require a

00:41high level of support due to current economic challenges, the foundation

00:46provides much-needed assistance to residents in the form of food

00:50distribution, funding for academic pursuits, youth development support, and

00:55bereavement assistance. We are also launching a very creative initiative

01:01where, you know, it's about inclusion, social cohesion, and integration of our

01:07students that are passing out from the school. So we will be adopting a student

01:13or two, and that adopting of the student would expose them to the world of work,

01:19life skills, and, you know, also allowing them a very small stipend so that they

01:25can also be reintegrated into the society. Minority councillor Petel

01:32Daniel Benoit also spoke during the simple ceremony. We are really pleased

01:37from the Office of the Minority Leader to be here this morning. Last year we

01:42came and we celebrated, and one of the things that the principal pointed out is

01:46that a lot of organizations and individuals come to the school only to

01:51celebrate the special days, and we went back, put our heads together, and thought

01:56about what we could do to contribute throughout the year, and this was one of

02:00the initiatives that we came up with, and we are happy to see that this year it is

02:05materialized. It has materialized.

02:16Merry Christmas from the bottom of our hearts.

02:22Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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