Ms Beharry (second from right) and Ms Moore (right) donated the devices to the Ministry on February 5, 2021
– Devices given to children at Children & Family Center to advance online education
The donation of tablets by Synetech will assist the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in fulfilling its commitment to providing equitable, quality education to vulnerable students in institutional care in the COVID-19 era.
Synetech’s representatives Annalisa Beharry and Nerissa Moore handed over the devices to Hon Dr. Vindhya Persaud and her Permanent Secretary, Shannielle Hoosein-Outar yesterday, February 5, 2021.
In accepting the donation, Minister Persaud stated that Synetech was demonstrating its commitment to working with vulnerable children who were removed from difficult circumstances and placed into institutional care.
She added that “these children’s education should not be interrupted, and these devices would enable them to have continuous access to online classes.”
Later in the day, Hon Persaud and Ms Hoosein-Outar delivered the tablets to the Children and Family Center which is located in Plum Park, Sophia. During her interaction with the children, Minister Persaud encouraged them to earnestly pursue their studies since “education opens a plethora of the endless opportunities.”
Many of the recipients who received the tablets were either in Grades 9, 10 or 11, and happily revealed to Minster Persaud their varied career ambitions which included becoming Teachers, Doctors, Accountants and Lawyers. The Center functions as a halfway home for families who are less fortunate and transitioning.
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