Five schools across Trinidad have been re­paint­ed ahead of the new aca­d­e­m­ic year un­der Pen­ta Paints’ “A Brighter To­mor­row” pro­gramme.

The ini­tia­tive, led by ANSA Coat­ings Ltd, brought to­geth­er vol­un­teers from mul­ti­ple de­part­ments, who joined par­ents and prin­ci­pals to give class­rooms, cor­ri­dors, and com­mon ar­eas a fresh coat of paint. The com­pa­ny do­nat­ed over 125 gal­lons of ex­te­ri­or emul­sion paint, along with brush­es, rollers, and oth­er sup­plies, to schools iden­ti­fied as be­ing in ur­gent need of sup­port.

The schools that ben­e­fit­ted were Holy Cross Col­lege, St Mary’s Home Pri­ma­ry School, La Hor­quet­ta South Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School, Ari­ma Pres­by­ter­ian Pri­ma­ry School, and Ari­ma Girls’ Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School.

ANSA Coat­ings Gen­er­al Man­ag­er Rhea Singh said the com­pa­ny want­ed to con­tribute in a mean­ing­ful way to schools that were prepar­ing for the Sep­tem­ber term.

“When chil­dren re­turn to school in Sep­tem­ber, they should walk in­to an en­vi­ron­ment that in­spires them to learn, dream, and achieve,” Singh said.

The project comes as sev­er­al schools across the coun­try con­tin­ue to face main­te­nance chal­lenges, par­tic­u­lar­ly in rur­al and high-traf­fic ar­eas where fund­ing is stretched.

Com­pa­ny vol­un­teers de­scribed the ex­pe­ri­ence as a hands-on ef­fort that al­lowed them to work di­rect­ly with prin­ci­pals and Par­ent Teacher As­so­ci­a­tions to pre­pare learn­ing spaces for stu­dents.

ANSA Coat­ings said it in­tends to con­tin­ue the pro­gramme and ex­pand its reach to oth­er schools in the com­ing years.