The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has said it has donated sanitising agents to several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across Guyana during the current month as part of its “Pinktober” initiative.
In a statement issued on Friday, GTT said the donated items are for distribution to indigent persons within the respective communities of each organisation.
“It is our intention to touch the lives of as many persons as possible through the funds raised from Pinktober. We cannot do it alone and thus we appreciate the support of the cancer-related NGOs that have made the commitment to support the distribution of these sanitizing items to the people in their communities that need it the most,” GTT’s Pinktober Coordinator Diana Gittens was quoted as saying in the statement.
The Periwinkle Cancer Club, Linden Cancer Foundation, Berbice Cancer Society, the Giving Hope Foundation, Women on the Move and the Debra Shipley-George Go Care Foundation are among the NGOS that received donations this month. The donations amounted to $350,000 in total value.
It is the third monthly Pinktober initiative to be executed by the company, which plans to continue the activities in the coming months. The first initiative provided hampers for cancer patients and the health care providers at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC). The company’s second donation focused on the needs of palliative care patients, to the benefit of cancer survivors, patients and their caregivers at home.
