Cummings Lodge fire victims receive donations

Some of the beneficiaries of the donations of laptops, mattresses and stationery, standing with Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally (fifth, right front row), Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes (fourth, right front row) and Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry (third, right front row).

The University of Guyana students who were displaced by the Cummings Lodge apartment fire were yesterday presented with laptops, mattresses and stationery by the Ministry of Social Protection.

Thirty-two students benefited from the donations, which were the result of collaboration between the ministries of Social Protection, Education and Public Telecommunications, as well as contributions from the Chinese Embassy. The handing over was done yesterday morning at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.