Human Services Ministry receives $14.1 million donation
Administrator of Mrs. Wight estate, Mr. Edwin Verasammy presents the cheque to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Mrs. Lorene Baird; in the presence of Ms. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services & Social Security; and Mr. Whentworth Tanner, the Ministry’s Director of Social Services
Administrator of Mrs. Wight estate, Mr. Edwin Verasammy presents the cheque to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Mrs. Lorene Baird; in the presence of Ms. Jennifer Webster, Minister of Human Services & Social Security; and Mr. Whentworth Tanner, the Ministry’s Director of Social Services

THE Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security yesterday received a donation of $14.1 million from the estate of the late Mrs. Muriel Wight.

The cheques were presented by the Administrator of her estate, Mr. Edwin Verasammy to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Lorene Baird.

The monies received by the Ministry are intended to improve services offered at the Palms Geriatric Home, abused women and children, and a small monetary donation will be given to two identified non-governmental organisations.

Mrs. Wight, who lived in Bel Air, Georgetown, died on July 26, 2010 at the age of 102, and left a substantial portion of her estate to support services for battered women, including providing funding for three charitable institutions that assist women and children and persons suffering with cancer.

Wright, nee Fraser had dedicated most of her life to the Guide Movement in Guyana. She became a member of the Sisterhood in New Amsterdam in 1922, beginning as a Brownie in the Second Brownie Group Company and served as a Life Vice-President, up to the time of her passing. In 2010, the Guyana Girl Guides Association launched the Muriel Wright Scholarship Fund for Girls and Young Women.

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