First Lady, Sandra Granger, in collaboration with the ‘Rethink’ Organisation, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Caribbean Airlines, yesterday presented over 1500 pairs of shoes to students from the hinterland regions, who are currently studying in Georgetown, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
At a ceremony held on the lawns of State House, the First Lady presented the shoes to the students, in the presence of Junior Minister of Health, Dr. Karen Cummings; Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Ernie Ross, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Trinidad and Tobago.
A total of 30,000 pairs of shoes are to be donated.
This Ministry of the Presidency photo shows some of the shoes.