YOUTHS from the Sophia Care Centre, on Thursday, were all in smiles following the delivery of kites for the Easter season by local contact centre, Emerge BPO Services Inc..
The kites, handed over to the children through Administrator of the institution, Roxanne Blenman, were handmade by employees of the contact centre.
Speaking with this newspaper at the Centre, Emerge BPO Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Heidi Solomon-Orlick, said: “One of the big parts of our company’s DNA is giving back to the community and, so, every month we have a community outreach event that we do and given that it’s Easter and kite-flying and kite-making is a big part of Guyana’s culture, we implemented an internal competition to have all of our employees participate in making their own kites. They broke in to teams and they had to use all-natural materials – that’s a part of our sustainable initiative – and they got, super, super creative.”
“The children were so excited and they’re going to be doing their own competition on Easter, so they’re very excited to see whose kite can fly the highest,” Solomon-Orlick added.
Describing the response of the youths, Social Service Assistant Margaret Elgin said: “All kites and whatever gifts they receive means a lot for them because these are children who don’t normally receive these things. So when you give these gifts to them, they cherish it; they enjoy it; they play with it.”
Meanwhile, Vice-President (VP) of Operations and Diversity at the contact centre, Dalgleish Joseph, reminded: “Our culture is not just about creating jobs and opportunities for young professionals, but we also want to make a tremendous impact in the communities that our employees and their extended families live.”
Emerge BPO Services Inc. is no stranger to the Centre and has served in Guyana for 10 years with an employee count of some 600.
