The students of Dora Primary School on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway will now be able to get to school on time following the donation of a new boat, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
Handing over the boat was Minister within the Ministry of Communities, with responsibility for Housing, Annette Ferguson.
Ferguson said that the government would have received and donated over 20 buses, 20 boats and more than 2,000 bicycles respectively, to communities across the 10 Administrative Regions, DPI said.
The donation, which falls under the David Granger Five B’s Programme, was made possible by the CEO of Silica Sandport Incorporated, Pandit Haresh Tiwari, who operates a company within the community that manufactures Silica Sand.
Pandit Tiwari said it was a pleasure to donate the boat to the community that has given so much to his company. “I feel very pleased that our company has been able to assist the Dora Community in this very small venture. Most of our employees are from this very village and it is a privilege to demonstrate our corporate and social responsibility,” he said.