SEEKING to spread warmth and Christmas cheer to children, a community-based group hosted a Festival of Carols on Saturday, for 40 youths in the South Turkeyen area, Georgetown.

The Echo-farm, Health, Education and Literacy Peace Programme (E- HELPP) was created last December by members of the community.
According to one of the facilitators of the Christmas programme, Pastor Mervyn Gobin, it is the second year that the group has been feting the children of the area and the event has become part of the celebrations of the community.

The children ushered in the season with a night of carolling, storytelling and dancing and were provided with goodies, compliments of fast food outlet Royal Castle.
Leaning on Nelson Mandela’s famous saying: “Education is [the] most powerful tool to change the world”, Gobin also related that the group is now seeking to establish a library and have computer classes for children in the community.
Teenager and driving force behind the programme, Sasha Sharma, said “the programme promotes peace and progress for all members of the community and the entire country by extension.”

Gobin and Sharma extended much gratitude to the Director of Royal Castle, Eddie Boyer, and the staff of the Sherriff Street outlet for providing the children with the goodies.