The Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren in Gas­par­il­lo re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant boost thanks to a gen­er­ous do­na­tion from Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al Inc.

The do­na­tion of US$8,000, or just over TT$54,000, was made as part of Marubeni’s on­go­ing an­nu­al com­mit­ment to so­cial wel­fare in Trinidad & To­ba­go, which funds ini­tia­tives that sup­port ed­u­ca­tion, child wel­fare, the el­der­ly, and the en­vi­ron­ment.

On Tues­day, the Marubeni Ex­ec­u­tives toured the Home, pre­view­ing the planned up­grades. The Home’s Board of Di­rec­tors in­di­cat­ed its goal of en­hanc­ing the Home’s self-suf­fi­cien­cy through sev­er­al up­com­ing projects, in­clud­ing ex­pand­ing agri­cul­tur­al ac­tiv­i­ties and build­ing a trade skills cen­tre on the prop­er­ty.