Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation to give grants totaling US$290,000 to improve the lives of children in the Caribbean
17 March 2018 - 2:58AM
The Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation today announced that
it will provide additional funding of over US$290,000 to projects
that will improve the lives of children in areas of the Caribbean
impacted by last year’s hurricanes. This follows the Foundation’s
initial US$100,000 donation to ShelterBox for relief efforts after
the hurricanes, as well as a clean-up of the CHANCES children’s
home in Dominica as part of C&W Communications’ annual Mission
Day.
The new funding – made up of five individual
grants – is a continuation of the Foundation’s plans to restore and
rebuild affected countries. The grants will be used to support
critical education services in some of the most badly impacted
countries including the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Turks and
Caicos Islands (TCI), Dominica and Anguilla.
Specifically, the Foundation’s funding will be
used as follows:
- In BVI:
- US$100,000 will be used towards replacing the
roof at the sole secondary school - Bregado Flax Secondary School -
on Virgin Gorda
- US$25,000 will be used towards repairs for the
Eslyn Richiez Henly School for Disabled Children
- In TCI, US$100,000 will be used to provide
computers, printers, desks and chairs for children in the Osetta
Jolly Primary School
- In Dominica, US$45,000 will be used towards
refurnishing the computer lab of Roseau Primary School, providing
essential equipment like computers, projectors, flat screens and
printers
- In Anguilla, US$22,500 will be used to provide
supplies and repair the doors, windows and roof of Bethel
Pre-School, working in partnership with Rotary District 7020.
The Board of the Cable & Wireless Charitable
Foundation chose these projects as it believed they would have a
long-lasting positive impact on a great number of children and
their families. The projects chosen also align with the
Foundation’s strategic aims of educating and empowering
communities.
Gina Colesanti, Director of the Cable
& Wireless Charitable Foundation, said: “We’re
delighted to provide these much-needed grants to improve the lives
of children impacted by the 2017 hurricane season in the
Caribbean. By rebuilding and furnishing schools in BVI, TCI,
Dominica and Anguilla, we’re creating a better environment for
these kids to learn and grow – giving them a great start in life
and setting them up for future success.”
Colesanti also thanked the major sponsors of the
Foundation which include Sterlite; the Premier League; Anixter;
Evolution Digital; One Caribbean; Lorac; HBO Latin America;
Advantage Communications; Deloitte and Telenet. Their generosity
contributed to the US$1 million that the Foundation has raised so
far – which includes the US$500,000 seed funding provided by
C&W Communications at its launch.
The Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation
was set up by C&W Communications initially as response to the
humanitarian crisis caused by devastating hurricanes in 2017. The
Foundation is increasingly the company’s platform for advancing
social development in the region, as it strives to fulfil its
mission of connecting communities and transforming lives, by
funding education and empowerment projects like these five
initiatives. The Foundation has a number of similar projects in the
pipeline and will announce more details in due course.
To find out more about the Cable & Wireless
Charitable Foundation, visit cwc.com, or follow C&W
Communications on Twitter.
About C&W
Communications
C&W is a full-service communications and
entertainment provider that delivers market-leading video,
broadband, telephony and mobile services to consumers in 18
countries. Through its business division, C&W provides data
center hosting, domestic and international managed network
services, and customized IT service solutions, utilizing cloud
technology to serve business and government customers. C&W
also operates a state-of-the-art submarine fiber network – the most
extensive in the region.
Learn more at www.cwc.com, or follow C&W on
Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Liberty Latin
America
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (“Liberty Latin
America”) is a leading telecommunications company operating in over
20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean under the
consumer brands VTR, Flow, Liberty, Más Móvil and BTC. The
communications and entertainment services that we offer to our
residential and business customers in the region increasingly
include combinations of services comprised of digital video,
broadband internet, telephony and mobile services. Our business
products and services include enterprise-grade connectivity, data
center, hosting and managed solutions, as well as information
technology solutions with customers ranging from small and medium
enterprises to international companies and governmental agencies.
In addition, Liberty Latin America operates a sub-sea and
terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects over 40 markets
in the region.
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Media relations
Conall Gribben
Director, Digital and Global Communications
conall.gribben@cwc.com
+44 7928 007 902
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