Caricom staff association donates US$1,800 to Suriname children’s homes

The Caricom Secretariat Staff Association presented US$1,800 to the Onspanningsoord Gehandicapte Kindren (The Foundation for Handicapped Children) and the Noskasitas Orphanage in Suriname during a recent outreach mission.

In a press release, Staff Association president Timothy Odle said the secretariat’s staff “operate as a family so all staff members from Executive Management to Office Assistants and Office Attendants made a contribution….” In the ‘spirit of community’ association members undertook an outreach mission to St Onspanningsoord Gehandicapte Kindren (The Foundation for Handicapped Children) and the Noskasitas Orphanage on Saturday.

At the Foundation, members admired the various handicraft and other work created by the children and,