A HUMANITARIAN effort by “Friends of Toronto” has seen the group providing valuable assistance to Guyanese doctors and nurses and also the wider community, through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in light of the current dreaded coronavirus disease.
Led by cricket enthusiast and Canada Post senior employee, Terry Mathura, and comprising of several other donors, the “Friends of Toronto” were able to accrue a substantial sum which was dispatched to a representative in Guyana.

According to Mathura, the donation is part of the group’s corporate social responsibility, and its desire to assist in any way it can, during this period.
The support came in the form of essential food supplies, including milk powder, sugar, peas, rice, crackers, flour and chowmein.

Following numerous requests from doctors and nurses on the frontline, some thirty N95 masks were also handed over directly to them while the nurses also received cleaning supplies.

The CDC and the doctors have expressed sincere thanks to the “Friends of Toronto” for their fine gesture.