MINISTER of State, Joseph Harmon, and Alliance For Change Chairman Nigel Hughes, on Tuesday donated over $40,000 to the Den Amstel Primary School Choir to help offset expenses for that choir’s participation in the Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) Republic Day celebrations.Community Development Field Officer in the Ministry of the Presidency, Aurdell Glasgow, on the Minister and Mr Hughes’s behalf, presented the cheque to the choir’s lead singer, Shania Miller. The money is intended to cover the cost of uniforms for choir members for the Mashramani programme.

The Den Amstel Primary School Choir has historically been a top performer in this category of the programme, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency has said.