Kupanda Sisters Incorporated, a non-profit organisation based in the United States, recently celebrated its first anniversary and its Guyanese founder pledged to continue its efforts to promote literacy among children in underserved communities in Guyana.
The organisation held a virtual anniversary celebration on June 27 via Zoom under the theme ‘Literacy is a Human Right’.
“We all dream of a world where literacy is a fundamental right. Now close your eyes and envision a world where 617,000,000 children and adolescents cannot perform adequately in reading, writing or arithmetic. I’m sad to say that this world you’re envisioning is not imaginary. You see while the toll for helping them may be high, the cause of inaction is even higher. You see we have the responsibility to ensure that a proper education is an intrinsic human right for every child in every village and we at Kupanda Sisters truly understand [this],” Cindy Charles, who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organisation, said at the start of the two-hour-long ceremony.
