Georgetown : The One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Secretariat commenced the rolling out of a massive distribution exercise, targeting Region Four-Demerara/Mahaica. This will see, over the next few weeks, a total of 6,000 laptops being placed in the hands of recipients from the East Coast, East Bank and Georgetown.
Yesterday, several teams from the OLPF Secretariat distributed over 1,500 laptops at several locations. On the East Coast, at the All Star Sports Club, Supply, Mahaica, 78 laptops were distributed to recipients of Supply and Strathavon, while at Chowbay’s residence, Helena, another team distributed 257 of the devices.
A total of 277 from Enmore to Bachelor’s Adventure benefited from the distribution at the Enmore Resource Centre while 112 Buxtonians received theirs at the Ambassadors of Buxton Development Association Building, with the exception of visually impaired Joan Johnson. Staff of the OLPF Secretariat delivered the laptop to Johnson at her home.
On the East Bank, at the Farm Community Centre, another team distributed 114 laptops to residents from Herstelling to Little Diamond. Sixty-Five residents of Soesdyke were the beneficiaries of the exercise at the Camille Institute, Lot 1-4 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, while 85 residents of Kuru Kururu benefited from the exercise at the Board of Industrial Training Centre, in their community.
In Georgetown, at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, 280 laptops were distributed to residents of Sophia, 170, at an exercise at the Hebrew Family of Guyana in North Ruimveldt to residents of South Ruimveldt Park, Lamaha Springs and Festival City, while 139 were presented at the Guyana Islamic Trust building in Albouystown to residents of Albouystown, Laing Avenue, Yarrow Dam, Riverview, Ruimveldt and Alexander Village.
PPP Member of Parliament Manzoor Nadir was in attendance at the exercise in Albouystown. He spoke to recipients about the genesis of the OLPF initiative, and the importance of the exercise, which he explained is for the social, economic and personal development of the recipients.
“This piece of equipment that we have given out ought to bring to all of us opportunities; this is not about $60,000 the Government is giving you, this is about opportunities. This instrument that you are getting today is an important tool in you and your family’s development,” he said.
Nadir also explained that while the first 27,000 laptops that were distributed at the cost of over US$7M to the Government, this batch forms part of 33,000 that was covered under a grant from the Government of China.
The OLPF Secretariat will continue its Region Four distribution exercise today. Residents of Campbellville and Lodge are among those that will benefit from that distribution exercise.
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