The Ministry of Natural Resources has donated four heat extractors to the Fairview Primary School at Kurupukari, in Region Eight, following an appeal for an intervention to address the building’s extreme heat conditions.
In a statement, the Ministry said following an arrangement reached with the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, the fans will be installed by technicians attached to the Centre before the start of the new school term.
Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman made the donation last Wednesday. The statement explained that the extreme heat in which students and teachers conducted their work was observed by Trotman during a previous visit to the school. “It is also in response to a plea made by the students and Head Teacher for an intervention,” it added, while noting that the school building, which was constructed under the previous administration, is without any electrical wiring and outlets.
The donation was received by Bradford Allicock, an Assistant Operations Manager at Iwokrama, on behalf of the school. Allicock expressed his gratitude to the minister and the Ministry of Natural Resources for assisting the school.
The statement added that it is the hope of the minister that the heat extractors will assist in alleviating the conditions in which the students and teachers work.
