DIGICEL Guyana on January 29 made several donations to the Parkside Steel Orchestra, Queen’s College and the Ministry of Health’s National Sports Clinic.The presentations were done at Digicel Guyana’s Headquarters on Fort and Barrack Streets, Kingston, here in the city.

The Parkside Steel Orchestra benefitted from an annual sponsorship cheque from Digicel in support of Guyana’s Mashramani celebrations.
Digicel is one of the major sponsors of the Parkside Steel Orchestra in Guyana’s Panorama Steel Pan Competition.

The Parkside Steel Orchestra was formed in 1998 as an after-school activity for students, and has evolved over the years into a full steel orchestra with more than 40 members, including children and adults.

Digicel also made a donation to Queen’s College Secondary School in support of their participation in the Barbados Relay competition to be held from February 10-15th.

This will assist Queen’s College in sending three student teams to participate in the relay. Each team has five members. QC participated in this competition from 2005-2011, and in 2011 they walked away with silver and bronze medals.

In addition, to supporting the development of young people through arts and sports in Guyana, Digicel also made a commitment to support the re-launch of the National Sports Clinic.

This clinic was in operation some years ago and its re-launch is expected to be in mid-February this year. Digicel has committed to donate several pieces of equipment to the sports clinic.