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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

IGT volunteers support adults with autism at ASTT

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Stirring up smiles and sweet moments – Jeran Romero (centre) joins IGT employees Cherisse Charles (left) and Rowen Marshall (right) in baking cupcakes on 16th May at Autism Place in D’Abadie.  [Image courtesy SWF and Co]

Stirring up smiles and sweet moments – Jeran Romero (centre) joins IGT employees Cherisse Charles (left) and Rowen Marshall (right) in baking cupcakes on 16th May at Autism Place in D’Abadie. [Image courtesy SWF and Co]

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In­ter­na­tion­al Game Tech­nol­o­gy (IGT) marked Glob­al Giv­ing Month by vol­un­teer­ing at the Autis­tic So­ci­ety of Trinidad and To­ba­go (ASTT) head­quar­ters, Autism Place, in D’Abadie.

The IGT team co­or­di­nat­ed a se­ries of in­ter­ac­tive ac­tiv­i­ties for ASTT’s adult recre­ation­al group, in­clud­ing bak­ing and dec­o­rat­ing cup­cakes and ex­pand­ing the cen­tre’s kitchen gar­den.

“Through our Glob­al Giv­ing Month ini­tia­tive, we ded­i­cat­ed staff time and en­er­gy to up­lift our NGO part­ners in ways that are mean­ing­ful and aligned with their unique needs,” said Shavin­dra Tewarie-Singh, IGT Peo­ple & Trans­for­ma­tion Re­gion­al Se­nior Man­ag­er for the Caribbean.

“Over the years, we have do­nat­ed iPads and as­sis­tive de­vices for use at Autism Place,” she point­ed out, “and Glob­al Giv­ing Month is a wel­come op­por­tu­ni­ty to ex­tend our sup­port be­yond dig­i­tal learn­ing in­to oth­er ar­eas where ASTT reached out to us as a part­ner to of­fer a help­ing hand.”

ASTT has part­nered with IGT since 2012 through the com­pa­ny’s Af­ter School Ad­van­tage (ASA) pro­gramme, which sup­ports 18 non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tions across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

ASA is IGT’s flag­ship com­mu­ni­ty ini­tia­tive and pro­vides young peo­ple with ac­cess to tech­nol­o­gy through dig­i­tal learn­ing cen­tres in the com­mu­ni­ties where the com­pa­ny op­er­ates.

Cen­tre Man­ag­er at ASTT, Amoy Ray­mond, thanked the IGT team for the time spent with their clients.

“We are deeply grate­ful to IGT and its vol­un­teers for spend­ing mean­ing­ful time with our adult recre­ation­al group. All of our adults with ASD were ac­tive­ly en­gaged in the cook­ing and gar­den­ing ac­tiv­i­ties. I es­pe­cial­ly ap­pre­ci­at­ed the at­ten­tion, pa­tience, and pos­i­tive in­ter­ac­tion with our clients, in­clud­ing those with lim­it­ed com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills,” Ray­mond said.

The ASTT Cen­tre Man­ag­er al­so re­called a mo­ment with Chel­ster, one of the adult clients.

“He waved me over to show me his dec­o­rat­ed cup­cake and gave me a tight hug. I be­came teary-eyed as I watched his face and how hap­py he looked,” Ray­mond re­called. “It’s not just about the ac­tiv­i­ties or the won­der­ful mem­o­ries cre­at­ed, it’s about show­ing them that they are seen, val­ued, and in­clud­ed. Thank you, IGT staff, for do­ing that to­day.”

This ini­tia­tive forms part of IGT’s wider Glob­al Giv­ing Month cam­paign, which mo­bilis­es em­ploy­ees world­wide to lead vol­un­teer ef­forts that leave a last­ing and mean­ing­ful im­pact in their com­mu­ni­ties, while com­ple­ment­ing the com­pa­ny’s on­go­ing ASA pro­gramme.


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