$10M in donations received for One Mile Primary reconstruction

In pic: LFU member Floyd Alleyne (at left) hands over the cheque to the committee Chairman Maurice Butters.

Approximately $10 million in cash and materials were yesterday handed over for the reconstruction of the One Mile Primary School, which was destroyed in an arson attack in August.

It is estimated that the full construction cost would be in the vicinity of $80 million.

A simple ceremony organised by the Rebuilding the Future Committee saw two organisations yesterday handing over cheques to the value of $1.3 million. Ground Structures Engineering Consultancy Inc’s Charles Ceres handed over $1 million, while the Linden Fund USA in collaboration with the Women of Mission International and the Guyanese Wives Association