The ANSA McAL Foundation on Thursday disbursed about $375,000 to ten recipients NGOs at a brief ceremony at the TATIL building on Thursday morning.
Among those receiving grants were organisations working in education, medical services, special education, and community outreach.
A statement from the foundation said the organisations in receipt of donations were: Beausejour Community Council, represented by Ms Raisa Belcon; Caribbean Kids and Families Therapy Organisation represented by Mrs Krista Hamel-Smith; Caribbean Cancer Research Initiative represented by Ms Kimberley Badal; Esimaje Foundation (Nelson St Boys’ RC School), represented by Dr David Toby and Dr Oti Esimaje; the Holy Name Training Centre, represented by Ms Kristen Rampaul; Let’s Read, represented by Mrs Suzette Cadiz; the Rainbow Heart Foundation, represented by Mrs Dharia Nelson-Seales; the Special Child Foundation, represented by Chester Lackatoo; and the Trinidad & Tobago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—Tobago Shelter, represented by Leon Francis.