Women in Mining hand over back-to-school packages to Joshua House children

A group of children from Joshua House who received donations of backpacks and stationery from the Guyana Goldfields’ Women in Mining Group. In photo are: Gladys Accra, Administrator of the Joshua House Orphanage (left), Maya Layne (second, left), Trudy Ferrier (third, left), Nichola Scott (right) and Marisa Hohenkirk (second, right) of the Women in Mining Group.

The Women in Mining Group, an initiative of employees of Guyana Goldfields Incorporated (GGI), on Friday donated school supplies to the children of the Joshua House Orphanage.

The backpacks and stationery were all contributed by members of the group, and catered for students attending primary and secondary schools, as well as two who recently wrote the CSEC exams and will be moving on to tertiary education. Donations will also be made to the Shaheed’s Boys and Girls Orphanages and the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre.