Fort Ordnance Primary to be retrofitted to serve as emergency shelter

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High Commissioner Pierre Giroux (with hat) with the Fort Ordnance Primary School Head Teacher, CDC Director General, Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup (Ret’d), and parents of some of the students (Canadian High Commission photo)
High Commissioner Pierre Giroux (with hat) with the Fort Ordnance Primary School Head Teacher, CDC Director General, Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup (Ret’d), and parents of some of the students (Canadian High Commission photo)

Canada is to finance the retrofitting of the Fort Ordnance Primary School to the tune of $15m so that it can serve as an emergency shelter for flood-affected residents.

A release from the Canadian High Commission yesterday said that the Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Colonel Chabilal Ramsarup (Ret’ d) and High Commissioner of Canada, Pierre Giroux, visited the Fort Ordnance Primary School on Tuesday afternoon to launch the Canada-funded project.

Canada is providing the CDC with $15,088,500 to retrofit and equip the