THE China National Offshore Oil Co-operation- (CNOOC) Guyana limited has made a significant donation to the Ministry of Education through the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA).
The donation of tables and other equipment took place at the company’s High Street Kingston office.

The distribution, worth four million Guyana Dollars will see playing equipment being made available to schools in regions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
President of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe, said that will create a pathway for the emergence of new talent in those areas.
“It will allow table tennis to be made available across the length and breadth of Guyana. In terms of having the National Championship in the various regions across Guyana as we indicated for the three regions, we felt that they were at a disadvantage so it required us to do some investment” Munroe said.
Deputy Chief Education Officer, Marti De Souza, added that the work of CNOOC and the GTTA is vital to the development of youth in hinterland communities.
“Once we have resources and adequate training, we know that our children in the hinterland have great potential. We know that it can make a huge difference and we will be certainly putting it to good use and, maybe, in the very near future, see our hinterland children compete at the National levels,” De Souza said.

Some of the hinterland schools earmarked for equipment are Waramuri Primary, St. Nicholas Primary, North West Secondary, Yarakita Primary, and Port Kaituma Primary in region 1, Orealla Primary in region 6 and Three Miles Secondary in Region 7.
Region 8 Kato Secondary and Mahdia Secondary will collect tables along with Karasabai Primary, Katoka Primary, Mururunau Primary, and Nappi Primary, in region 9.