Local businesses KSM Investment, Bakewell and BM Soat are the latest companies to join the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s efforts to construct a new home for the family of Chunilall Sonaroo.
Specifically leading the charge are the Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour under-21 and first-division teams along with the Bakewell under-17 and second-division teams. The aim is to construct a 20’ by 24’ home for the family.
Already on board are the Florida-Guyana Hope, Crabwood Relief, Regal Stationery and Navin and Sons Construction.
The Sonaroo home is expected to be completed by early next month and several donors and individuals have also contributed by donating clothing, medical supplies and food items to the family who had approached the club for assistance.
Sonaroo’s wife is currently bed-ridden as she suffers from type two diabetes while his 14-year-old daughter is also a diabetic patient who has to take insulin twice daily.
Last Wednesday, another family visited the office seeking assistance and the teams readily agreed to assist.
Fire totally destroyed the home of Rajkumar Hamenauth and his family of eight.
Mahadeo Panchu of KSM investment and a group of friends handed over a financial donation of $100,000 the next day after they were informed of the family’s situation by the club.
The donation was done in memory of late Assistant Police Commissioner Winston Colbert.
The group also donated a similar amount to the Sonaroo family while KSM Investment said that they would be providing close to 1500 concrete blocks towards the construction of the home.
Bakewell also made a donation for both families while RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster held a successful meeting with Managing Director of BM Soat, Rameez Mohammed, at the their Croal Street Office, Georgetown.
Mohammed committed his company to rebuilding a home for the Hamenauth family in the village of Toopoo. He is expected to visit the site shortly. The club and its cricket teams are also constructing a home at the cost of just under two-million dollars for its Assistant Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu while it is also working along with the Berbice Cricket Board to provide a home for the BCB Office Assistant on the East Bank of Demerara.
Foster stated that the club was delighted to make a difference in the lives of the families and would continue to do in the future. He noted that special arrangements have been put in place for the sponsors and the different families to look after the funds for the homes with the club been involved just as an observer. Foster expressed thanks to all the sponsors for coming on board the project and to the members of the RHT Namilco Thunderbolt Flour and Bakewell cricket teams for their hard work and dedication.
