DIGICEL Guyana, delivering on its promise to match their ALS Ice Bucket Challenge donation to a local charity, yesterday handed over a cheque to the Step- by- Step Foundation in support of caring for children with autism. The Step- by-Step Foundation is committed to providing a range of clinical and consultative services to children with autism and other neurological disorders and their families.
Step by Step Foundation is geared towards helping children to reach their full potential.
“This donation is very timely since we have been planning on doing some very important maintenance work in and around the school; this is something that we would like other corporate entities to follow suit. Thank you Digicel,” said Ramona Rahat, Administrator.
Meanwhile, Communications Manager, Vidya Sanichara said: “We decided on matching the ALS donation to the Step- by- Step Foundation because, like ALS, Autism is a neurological condition and making this donation is a step that cements our commitment to the non-governmental organisation and the fight against autism.”
Digicel has been supporting the Step- by- Step Foundation by contributing annually to the foundation’s cause year and is a major donor to the organisation.
The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone’s head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to encourage donations for research. It went viral on social media during July–August 2014. In the US, many people participate for the ALS Association, and in the UK, many people participate for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, although some individuals have opted to donate their monies from the Ice Bucket Challenge to other organisations.
The challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation.