CONSTITUENCY 10 Councillor, Malcolm Ferreira, together with other City Councillors, on Saturday helped to spread cheer in the Albouystown community by spending time with children to help them assemble their kites for the weekend.
Team Legacy’s Councillor Ferreira stretched his hands into his pocket so to speak, to provide a tent and other amenities for the occasion, held at the corners of James and Bel Air Streets.
He received help from Proportional Constituency Councillor Heston Bostwick, Councillor Carlyle Goring and Alliance For Change (AFC) General-Secretary, Marlon Williams.
The team of officers, with help from private individuals, also provided kite frames, food and drinks, and other items to the kids. They could be seen literally helping the kids to make their kites.
Born and raised on the corner of Cooper and James streets, Albouystown, Councillor Ferreira has always entertained the thought of bettering his impoverished community, especially as there had been no facilities that catered for his social needs as a youth.
Once elected a City Councillor, he spared no time and effort in informing fellow councillors of his plan to begin work on a sports facility and a play park in the Albouystown area.
Ferreira has since teamed up with Councillor Bostwick to set up a play park opposite the clinic at James and Bel Air Streets and a sports facility on Independence Boulevard.
Although families are welcome at the facilities, they cater primarily for the youths in these and surrounding areas, Ferreira had told the Chronicle.
He is currently pursuing these initiatives.