P&P Insurance Brokers Limited on Thursday afternoon made its annual Christmas donations to 12 organisations.
The company has been making donations to several organisations over the past 16 years to assist them in their humanitarian relief work.
A statement from P&P said this year, the company has decided to increase the donation to each organisation to $150,000, making the donations a total of,$1,800,000.
In addition to the increase in the value of the donations, P&P made donations of personal hygiene items to each organisation, while the staff of P&P joined in and out of their own funds made donations of toys to each orphanage.
Executive Director of P&P Vikash Panday was quoted as saying that he was very pleased that the staff on their own initiative joined in on the programme of reaching out to the community.
He also took the opportunity to commend the organisations for the work they do and to wish all of them the very best for the holiday season.
In response, representatives of the various organisations thanked Panday and P&P Insurance for their continued generosity and support over the years.
The organisations that have benefitted from the donations are the Bless the Children Home; The Canaan Children’s Home; The Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre; Uncle Eddie’s Home; Friends of the Archer’s Home; The Dharam Shala; St. Ann’s Orphanage; Cheshire Homes Guyana; the Hauraruni Girls Home; the Tina Insanally Foundation; The Bal Nivas Shelter; and The Joshua House Children’s Centre.