Thirty-three children from the Joshua House Orphanage today visited the Kaieteur Falls for the first time in an initiative spearheaded by the Private Sector Commission [PSC] as part of its social responsibility function.
The orphans in the company of PSC officials.
This initiative grew out of a visit by Prince Harry to the Joshua House where he lamented the fact that the children had never seen the famous falls and an appeal was made to the Private Sector Commission to remedy this. The PSC’s members in the aviation sector reacted immediately and generously and offered to donate the use of their aircraft for the visit.
The Private Sector Commission is appreciative of the support of Roraima Airways, headed by Captain Gerald Gouveia; Jags Aviation, headed by Mr. Brian Tiwarie, and Air Services Ltd, owned by Mr. Yacoob Ally, for the generosity shown by providing aircraft to facilitate the outing. A private donation was also made to charter an additional aircraft.
Coordination of the visit was handled by Mr. Manniram Prashad and Major General (ret’d) Norman McLean of the PSC. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Mr. Edward Boyer, who was on hand to see the children off on their adventure. He observed that it was worth it to see the excited faces of the children, most of whom had never travelled on a plane before. The Private Sector Commission plans to continue with other social responsibility initiatives of a similar nature.