Ganesh Parts and General Stores, Wednesday made a much needed donation of 144 footballs to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS), which will be used in the Ministry’s football development programme across Guyana.The CEO Chatram Persaud, handed over the donation to the Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, who thanked Persaud for the benevolent gesture. Kumar pointed out that the donation will be especially beneficial in the development of the sport in the interior region.

“On behalf of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the National Sports Commission, we highly appreciate this 144 balls that you are giving, this is a good gesture, and this will go a far way in helping our camps. We have presently over a hundred camps around the country and the interior is in need of balls, this will really help us,” Kumar remarked.

For his part, Persaud noted that his business was very happy to not only give back to society, but giving back in an area that focused on youth. Persaud took the opportunity to encourage other corporate entities to also mirror the gesture of the company.

“Wherever we can we will do our best to help our youth, because you know it’s our corporate responsibility, and we are very happy that we can,” Persaud said.