The Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren has re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant boost thanks to a gen­er­ous do­na­tion from Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al Inc. The do­na­tion comes at a for­tu­itous time, as the home moves ahead with a se­ries of fu­ture-fo­cused ini­tia­tives to en­hance its self-suf­fi­cien­cy and im­prove op­por­tu­ni­ties for the at-risk youth in its com­mu­ni­ty.

The do­na­tion of US$8,000, or just over $54,000, was made as part of Marubeni’s on­go­ing an­nu­al com­mit­ment to so­cial wel­fare in T&T, which funds ini­tia­tives that sup­port ed­u­ca­tion, child wel­fare, the el­der­ly, and the en­vi­ron­ment.

Marubeni ex­ec­u­tives re­cent­ly toured the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren, learn­ing more about its blue­print for the fu­ture, in­clud­ing plans to ex­pand agri­cul­tur­al ac­tiv­i­ties and build a trade skills cen­tre on its al­most two-acre prop­er­ty in Gas­par­il­lo.

“At Marubeni, we be­lieve in in­vest­ing in the fu­ture of the lo­cal com­mu­ni­ties, and that starts with the chil­dren,” said Mo Ma­jeed, CEO, Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al, Inc and man­ag­ing di­rec­tor, Caribbean.

“We’re es­pe­cial­ly ho­n­oured to play a part in sup­port­ing the ex­cel­lent work be­ing done at the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren, dur­ing this holy month of Ra­madan. This home pro­vides a haven, where the chil­dren who are most in need are of­fered pro­tec­tion and love in a safe and com­fort­able home.”

“The Marubeni do­na­tion has pro­vid­ed us with much need­ed funds, which will great­ly as­sist in the main­te­nance of our fa­cil­i­ties,” said Don­na Ali, Pres­i­dent of the Board of the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren.

“There are sev­er­al spe­cif­ic build­ing projects that we would like to ac­com­plish soon, in­clud­ing re­pairs to our perime­ter fenc­ing, con­struc­tion of box drains to the back of the premis­es and build­ing of a trade skills cen­tre and tran­si­tion dor­mi­to­ry en­vi­ron­ment.”

In op­er­a­tion for 36 years, the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren is a non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion that pro­vides shel­ter, holis­tic care and pro­tec­tion for un­der­priv­i­leged, so­cial­ly dis­placed and at-risk youth, hous­ing up to 20 boys and girls.

Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al has been a part­ner of Pow­er­Gen in T&T for 18 years. Head­quar­tered in Japan, the Marubeni Cor­po­ra­tion has of­fices in 67 coun­tries and em­ploys 45,000 peo­ple around the world. The cor­po­ra­tion has a di­verse range of busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ties, in­clud­ing, but not lim­it­ed to, pow­er and en­er­gy.