-as GTT hands over funds to the CDC

THE Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has contributed to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC)’s hurricane relief fund, which is used to support hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.

GTT, over the past few weeks, accumulated close to $130,000 through SMS and Mobile Money Guyana (MMG). All of the funds will go towards assisting the Bahamas in its rebuilding efforts.
GTT’s Public Relations and Corporate Communication Manager, Jasmin Harris, handed over the donation to Project Manager (ag) of the CDC, Anita Layne at the CDC’s Thomas Lands location.

“The company is happy to contribute, through the kind donations of the public, to the relief efforts being championed by the CDC. We are pleased that our products assisted in fundraising for a worthy cause”, Harris remarked.
Layne, in return, expressed gratitude to GTT for its effort to amass the money which will be put to good use.

“I am thankful to GTT and all the other private, public and non-governmental organisations which have partnered with us in supporting the Bahamas after being impacted by Hurricane Dorian. We trust that our contributions will go a far way in helping the country rebuild and recover from the devastation caused from that natural disaster. The CDC is in the process of consolidating all the resources raised and will be coordinating an official handing over to the Government of Bahamas shortly,” said Layne.

On September 1, Dorian, a Category Five hurricane ripped through the small Caribbean archipelago with winds near 240 kilometres per hour (150 miles per hour). Hurricane Dorian claimed the lives of 65 persons on the island and was deemed the strongest hurricane on record to affect the Bahamas.