N & S Mattai donates 60,000 facemasks for schools nationwide

N & S Mattai’s Food Market last Thursday donated 60,000 face masks to the education ministry
for distribution to schools across the country.  The $500,000 in protective masks was presented
to junior minister in the Ministry Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Anand
Persaud.

“For the number of years that I have known the Mattai’s they have always been good corporate
citizens. Today is no different in the sense that they have remembered our children especially
and more over with the COVID-19 pandemic that is wreaking havoc not only in Guyana, but
throughout the world. I think it is an excellent gesture and I want to thank him on behalf of
Minister Priya Manickchand and the children of this country. I know they will benefit from this
because you know the schools have been reopened not fully but those children will be more
protected at this point in time,” minister Persaud stressed
Ms. Bharati Mattai, co-owner of the supermarket, reiterated the need inoculation against the
highly contagious and deadly virus.
“We are contributing all these masks for the safety of the public because we need to have herd
immunity and it’s not going as fast as we would like it to go. So, we are doing our part to ensure
that we can all be safe in Guyana and as such worldwide, so this is one of the little things we are
doing at the moment,” Ms. Mattai said.