Students from Berbice High School recently donated a total of $55,000 to the Guyana Cancer Society’s Berbice chapter and to a cancer patient.
At a simple ceremony, lead fundraisers Priya Arjune and Shameeza Samwaru presented $20,000 to the society and $35,000 to the cancer patient. This is the second year that the fifth form students have raised and donated funds towards the fight against cancer.
During breast cancer awareness month Arjune said they raised $25,000 from students in the school.