Thousands of PPEs to be used in schools donated to MOE

The Education Ministry yesterday received a quantity of COVID-19 personal protective
equipment from Sewa International Guyana.
Among the items donated were some 80,719 face shields, 24,190 KN95 masks, 126,500
disposable masks, 2,600 surgical gowns and over 6,240 face goggles. Mr. Yashpaul Seownarine,
Senior representative of Sewa International, handed over the items to the Education Ministry’s
Permanent Secretary, Alfred King at the Book Distribution Unit, Evans & Lyng Streets,
Charlestown, Georgetown.
King expressed gratitude on behalf of the Education Minister, Priya Manickchand and the
Ministry for the timely donation. Making brief remarks, he noted that the items will complement
the efforts the Ministry, adding that it will ensure students, teachers and other staff are safe as
schools reopen. “We want to make sure that all schools are given enough protected gears so that
the learners, teachers and cleaners can be protected while they deliver education,” PS King said
He revealed that distribution of the items will start in hinterland schools before being moved to
the Coast and Georgetown. “Most of our schools in and around Georgetown and in other regions,
we’ve already given some amount of protective gears. So, this will complement what is needed
in the school system, at least for maybe the long-term replacing what is already here in the
system, but we would have already provided a whole lot and this will help, ensuring we can
place replacements,” King added.
Meanwhile, the Sewa representative said as a youth organisation, the donation is critically
important as it supports the effort to ensure students receive an education, while being protected
against COVID-19.