President David Granger yesterday distributed 21 bicycles to children enrolled in the Sophia Literacy Programme at Congress Place, to assist them with transportation to school and also announced that the centre will receive a subvention to ensure its survival.
According to a press release from the Ministry of the Presidency, the bicycles were donated by Managing Director of GAICO Construction Incorporated Komal Singh to the ‘Boats, Bicycles and Buses’ (three Bs) programme managed by the Ministry of Social Cohesion.
The President, who engaged the children briefly, was quoted as saying to them: