FIFTEEN girls and two boys will be participating in this year’s East Ruimveldt pageant and spelling ‘B’ competition organised by The East Ruimveldt Giving Back Family Foundation.|

The foundation’s director and founder Melissa Cush, told this week’s Buzz that the event will be held on August 13 at Front Circle, East Ruimveldt, and aims to promote education and confidence among the children in the community.

“If you know the history of East Ruimveldt, you would know that we had a stigma to our name,” Cush told the Buzz.
Alongside the spelling ‘B’ competition, this year’s event will feature a series of academic activities, which Cush hopes will enable the youths participating to work together and grow individually.
The participants are between the ages of five and 16.

Cush said that there is no admission fee for the event and encouraged persons to come out and support the community and the children.

The East Ruimveldt Giving Back Family Foundation was founded some seven years ago, to provide much needed assistance to the children within the community and surrounding environs.

Volunteers and other advocates like Cush provide children with free breakfast and assistance with homework and other school-related projects.

In addition to this, the foundation also offers free Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) tuition to students.
A recreational centre was also developed where children in the community are also able to access computers and other tools needed to complete their school education.