GBTI opens account for 8-year-old cancer survivor

Javier Anderson

-as pledges continue to pour in

The family of Javier Anderson is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from private and corporate citizens to assist in raising money for the eight-year-old cancer survivor’s prosthetic leg and physiotherapy.

Javier’s mother, Lizanna Anderson, told Stabroek News that yesterday she met with officials at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), where a bank account was opened for the youngster. GBTI has already contributed $60,000 to the account for the boy, who lost his right leg to bone cancer.

Lizanna Anderson stated that she was very grateful that the bank had given her son such an