“We want you to know that your sup­port and trust has been in­valu­able to the ex­e­cu­tion of 549 projects im­pact­ing the 192,000 peo­ple in Trinidad and To­ba­go.”

These were the cel­e­bra­to­ry words ut­tered by Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion CEO, Pen­ny Gomez in speak­ing with staff and Dig­i­cel cus­tomers on the mile­stone day on Ju­ly 25 as the foun­da­tion cel­e­brat­ed its 10th an­niver­sary.

In a re­lease from Dig­i­cel it was ex­plained that the com­mem­o­ra­tive day was filled with ac­tiv­i­ties for staff. One key high­light of the day was the launch of the Red Army —staff vol­un­teers who will be in­volved in com­mu­ni­ty out­reach ac­tiv­i­ties sup­port­ed by the foun­da­tion.

The Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion start­ed in 2012 and over the years has fo­cused its ef­forts on im­prov­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for per­sons with spe­cial needs and en­abling com­mu­ni­ty based or­gan­i­sa­tion to de­vel­op and trans­form com­mu­ni­ty spaces.

Dig­i­cel said COVID re­stric­tions al­lowed the foun­da­tion to in­cor­po­rate more dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy in its com­mu­ni­ty out­reach ef­forts.

Young women between the ages of 15-21 wishing to pursue a career in Information Computer Technology (ICT) can look forward to the inspiration and knowledge that the foundation’s annual Girls Power Tech event brings.