Chico non-profit organisation reaches out

By Indrawattie Natram

FOUNDER of the Chico non-profit organisation in New Jersey, Padmini Doobay, said that the organisation will continue to provide selfless and humanitarian service to Guyanese. Doobay, during an interview with Pepperpot Magazine, said that the organisation has been reaching out to Guyanese since 2011 and will continue to do so.

She was at the time speaking at a charity drive hosted in Region Two at the Good Hope/ Pomona Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) recently. At the outreach, hundreds of residents within the Good Hope to Suddie district benefitted from a free medical outreach.
According to the founder of the non-profit organisation Mrs. Doobay, she was happy to extend the services to the community. Doobay, who is an overseas-based Guyanese living in New Jersey, said that the outreach was planned with the vision of providing a free medical check-up, clothing, eyewear and school supplies to residents.

Doobay mentioned that she was a registered nurse in the United States of America and as such, she wanted to give back her services to the community. She then reached out to the Suddie Public Hospital and Spring Garden Mandir in making the charity drive a success.
“I am delighted to come back to Guyana to render my services and to assist in whatever way I can. It gives me pleasure to see the smiles on the children’s faces, it’s the best feeling, ” Doobay said.

During the outreach, persons received free cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure testing. Children were the beneficiaries of school supplies and clothing. Prior to the outreach, the non-profit organisation had sent in three barrels of items to be distributed to residents. Doobay said that the organisation’s outreach in Essequibo was a grand success and she thanked all the major stakeholders for assisting.

Secretary of the Spring Garden Mandir, Ravin Sharma, extended gratitude to the Chico organisation on behalf of residents. Sharma said that he could have seen the smiles of many children who received hampers. She added that persons as far as Supenaam Creek benefitted from the fruitful venture. The woman added that each person received shampoos and bath towels, which he described as a very kind gesture.

One of the beneficiaries, Savi Dabraj, said that she was happy she attended. Dabraj said that it is nice when persons can come back and serve their community; she thanked the organisation for reaching out as well. A similar outreach was conducted at Machicony Creek by the organisation as well.

The Chico non-profit organisation was formed in June 2013 by Sedesh and Padmini Doobay.