Thirty thousand pairs of shoes to be donated for hinterland children

First Lady, Sandra Granger and other officials pose with the students (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

First Lady Sandra Granger, in collaboration with the ‘Rethink’ Organisation, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Caribbean Airlines, yesterday, presented over 1500 pairs of shoes to students from the hinterland regions, who are currently studying in Georgetown.

At a ceremony held on the lawns of State House, the First Lady presented the shoes to the students, in the presence of Junior Minister of Health, Dr. Karen Cummings; Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and Ernie Ross, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Trinidad and Tobago, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The shoes were donated under the ‘Rethink Initiative-Kind Soles Project’, started by Ross, in support of the