As part of its Cancer Awareness Month activities, Digicel Guyana has donated $1m to the Cancer Institute of Guyana to help in the fight against the disease.
Digicel Guyana, which recently re-launched as a Digital Operator across the Caribbean, utilized their music-streaming app, D’Music, as the driver to raise funds toward the fight against Cancer, a release from the company said yesterday.
The release said that the digital operator matched every stream of their ‘Stream for a cause” playlist for the month of October with US$1. These proceeds were then doubled and a timely donation was made to the Cancer Institute.
Digicel said that over the years it has been a very prominent contributor to the fight against cancer, which dates back to their sponsorship of the Avon Breast Cancer walk, followed by their Ride For A Cause cycle race. Ride For a Cause ran for seven years and registration proceeds from those races went toward the fight against cancer, the release said.
“We are very pleased to be part of this cause and giving back in a tangible way is something that Digicel is committed to. We would like to thank the public for streaming the Fight Cancer playlist in D’Music, we were pleased with the response therefore decided to double the amount which brought the donation to $1 million dollars. We are indeed better together in this fight,” said Louanna Abrams, Sponsorship Manager.
Receiving the cheque on behalf of the Cancer Institute was Monette Harry.
“Working with Digicel over the years has been tremendous, their support is always stellar”, Harry said. She added that the donation will help the Cancer Institute provide free Mammograms to women across Guyana.
