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CHIEF Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN) and Chairman of the Radio Needy Children’s Fund (RNCF), Michael Gordon, has said that the fund has evolved into something much more significant than a group of persons who host parties at the end of the year. 
He said this yesterday at a breakfast interaction with the media at the OMG Restaurant on Sheriff Street, Georgetown.
According to him, while the RNCF is more or less known for end of year Christmas parties, it has been engaging in a number of activities aimed at helping the poor and those in need.
Noting that this Non-Governmental Organisation has been in existence for 58 years, he disclosed that it has embarked on a scholarship programme that caters for approximately 22 children across the ten administrative regions of Guyana. He said that each student is given approximately $40,000 per year, for at least five years, as he/she advances in his/her high school education.
The fund is also engaged in distributing approximately 50 care-giving packages per month to families who are in relative need. They also cater for persons who walk in from off the streets.
“We would contribute food hampers, and those food hampers would also comprise other things that are necessary to supplement what they would have as their daily intake for the duration of the month,” he informed.
Gordon added that the fund also provides assistance to children who are in medical need. According to him, the committee has also begun going into “impoverished” communities, making donations and contributions to those people. These donations include books, clothing and food items.
He noted that committee members have been well received in the communities which they have gone to so far, which include Albouystown and Tiger Bay. Gordon said that there are plans to visit communities in Berbice, Essequibo and Linden in the immediate future.
Noting that they have been graced with assistance from companies, he said that the RNCF wants to highlight what they have doing, in an effort to encourage more persons, especially the corporate community, to come on board to assist.
Gordon also expressed appreciation to those companies and the more fortunate citizenry for their contributions to the RNCF, noting that had it not been for their efforts and contributions, the RNCF would not have been able to do the things that it has been doing.
He added that they are also encouraging those persons to come on board in terms of giving their personal time, as volunteerism goes a long way. He related that it is always rewarding to see smiles on the children’s faces.
Meanwhile, treasurer of the RNCF committee, Ms. Doris Lewis, informed that there are so many persons, both corporate and the more fortunate citizenry, who come on board to help with the parties. She said that those companies include Banks DIH, Sterling Products Limited, and Food for the Poor.
She added that there are boxes at all the commercial banks throughout the regions, which are cleared every six months, and sometimes they get as much as half a million dollars.
Also speaking during the interaction, committee member of the RNCF, Selina Dass, informed that the toy drive will be held for Christmas, and they are encouraging persons to drop off their toys at NCN on Homestretch Avenue. She noted that this can be done throughout the day, adding that persons can also present these toys on live television if they wish.
She said that members of the committee will be in and around Georgetown from the second Saturday in December, near and around the business community. According to her, they will be at Courts Guyana, Giftland OfficeMax, and Ashmins, with barrels in which persons can drop their toys.
Ms. Dass said that they are appealing to members of the public to drop in their toys, adding that if they don’t have a toy, monetary contributions will be accepted.
He said this yesterday at a breakfast interaction with the media at the OMG Restaurant on Sheriff Street, Georgetown.According to him, while the RNCF is more or less known for end of year Christmas parties, it has been engaging in a number of activities aimed at helping the poor and those in need.
Noting that this Non-Governmental Organisation has been in existence for 58 years, he disclosed that it has embarked on a scholarship programme that caters for approximately 22 children across the ten administrative regions of Guyana. He said that each student is given approximately $40,000 per year, for at least five years, as he/she advances in his/her high school education.
The fund is also engaged in distributing approximately 50 care-giving packages per month to families who are in relative need. They also cater for persons who walk in from off the streets.
“We would contribute food hampers, and those food hampers would also comprise other things that are necessary to supplement what they would have as their daily intake for the duration of the month,” he informed.
Gordon added that the fund also provides assistance to children who are in medical need. According to him, the committee has also begun going into “impoverished” communities, making donations and contributions to those people. These donations include books, clothing and food items.
He noted that committee members have been well received in the communities which they have gone to so far, which include Albouystown and Tiger Bay. Gordon said that there are plans to visit communities in Berbice, Essequibo and Linden in the immediate future.
Noting that they have been graced with assistance from companies, he said that the RNCF wants to highlight what they have doing, in an effort to encourage more persons, especially the corporate community, to come on board to assist.
Gordon also expressed appreciation to those companies and the more fortunate citizenry for their contributions to the RNCF, noting that had it not been for their efforts and contributions, the RNCF would not have been able to do the things that it has been doing.
He added that they are also encouraging those persons to come on board in terms of giving their personal time, as volunteerism goes a long way. He related that it is always rewarding to see smiles on the children’s faces.
Meanwhile, treasurer of the RNCF committee, Ms. Doris Lewis, informed that there are so many persons, both corporate and the more fortunate citizenry, who come on board to help with the parties. She said that those companies include Banks DIH, Sterling Products Limited, and Food for the Poor.
She added that there are boxes at all the commercial banks throughout the regions, which are cleared every six months, and sometimes they get as much as half a million dollars.
Also speaking during the interaction, committee member of the RNCF, Selina Dass, informed that the toy drive will be held for Christmas, and they are encouraging persons to drop off their toys at NCN on Homestretch Avenue. She noted that this can be done throughout the day, adding that persons can also present these toys on live television if they wish.
She said that members of the committee will be in and around Georgetown from the second Saturday in December, near and around the business community. According to her, they will be at Courts Guyana, Giftland OfficeMax, and Ashmins, with barrels in which persons can drop their toys.
Ms. Dass said that they are appealing to members of the public to drop in their toys, adding that if they don’t have a toy, monetary contributions will be accepted.
