Se­wa In­ter­na­tion­al TT (Se­wa TT) is do­nat­ing 1,000 KN95 Masks to every sec­ondary school in Trinidad and To­ba­go, a to­tal of 184,000 masks, over the next three weeks to the 184 sec­ondary schools in the ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem.

Ac­cord­ing to an of­fi­cial state­ment from Se­wa TT, this is a con­tin­u­a­tion of their Mask Dis­tri­b­u­tion Project be­gun in April, last year.

“These TT$2 mil­lion val­ue in masks have been do­nat­ed through Se­wa USA and Se­wa UK, whilst all tax­es and du­ties have been paid from Se­wa TT’s Emer­gency Fund,” the or­gan­i­sa­tion re­vealed in the re­lease.

“Al­ways in pre­pared­ness, as Se­wa TT Mass Vac­ci­na­tion plan­ning took place in De­cem­ber 2020 and was the first Mass Vac­ci­na­tion site to be ac­ti­vat­ed, vac­ci­nat­ing 85,000+ peo­ple, Se­wa TT al­so pre­pared for the re­open­ing of schools. As an ex­ten­sion of the Mask Dis­tri­b­u­tion Project start­ed in April 2020, this ex­ten­sion is fo­cused on the schools and the hard-work­ing teach­ers and stu­dents,” the or­gan­i­sa­tion ex­plains.

Se­wa TT says giv­en the cur­rent state of the pan­dem­ic, schools must have emer­gency masks avail­able for teach­ers and stu­dents.

“It is ex­treme­ly im­por­tant for every school to have a stock of masks for stu­dents and teach­ers as re­place­ments in the event that one needs to be re­placed dur­ing school con­tact hours. Masks can fall, some can get dirty, ex­tra masks may be left at home, or some homes may not be able to af­ford to have ex­tra masks,” Se­wa TT says.

To date, Se­wa TT has do­nat­ed:

■   10,000 Reusable masks made by vol­un­teers to Pris­on­ers

■   20,000 Reusable Masks Made by Vol­un­teers to the home­less and low-in­come per­sons

■   10,000 KN95 Masks to Prison Of­fi­cers

■   40,000 KN95 Masks in 2020 to the Min­istry of Health

Any­one wish­ing to help cov­er the costs of lo­gis­tics can as­sist by mak­ing a de­posit in the name of 'Se­wa In­ter­na­tion­al TT', Re­pub­lic Bank Ac­count #8708 0110 7401 (Cred­it Card).