Digicel gives $250,000 to Plaisance orphanage

Boys at the St John Orphanage smile as they display their Digicel radio lunch packs and footballs as Digicel Guyana Sponsorship Executive Shirwin Campbell and Orphanage Administrator Grace Daniels look on.

Boys at the St John Orphanage smile as they display their Digicel radio lunch packs and footballs as Digicel Guyana Sponsorship Executive Shirwin Campbell and Orphanage Administrator Grace Daniels look on.  Digicel made good on its promise to donate 50% of its text proceeds from a football match by handing over $250,000 to the St John Boys Orphanage in Plaisance.

In a press release the company said it had made a commitment to make the donation from revenue during the Digicel/Carib Beer Sweet Sixteen Knock-out Football Competition. Patrons at the competitions were given an opportunity to win phones during the matches by texting the word “football” to short code: 1444.