The Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go pro­vid­ed dis­as­ter re­lief as­sis­tance to a fam­i­ly af­fect­ed by a fire at Li­ons Gate, En­ter­prise, Ch­agua­nas, on Wednes­day. The as­sis­tance was de­liv­ered through the Min­istry of the Peo­ple, So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices.

Min­is­ter of the Peo­ple, So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices Van­dana Mo­hit pre­sent­ed dis­as­ter re­lief grants to­talling $10,700 to Jef­fery Fri­day on be­half of his house­hold of four. The grants fol­lowed a fire that caused par­tial dam­age to the fam­i­ly’s home.

The as­sis­tance in­clud­ed a House­hold Items Grant of $5,000, a Cloth­ing Grant of $4,000 and a School Sup­plies Grant of $1,700. The grants are in­tend­ed to as­sist with re­plac­ing house­hold items, pur­chas­ing cloth­ing and meet­ing school-re­lat­ed needs.