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Un­aware of the pow­er she held as she formed an on­line group called the Curepe Ad­min Com­mu­ni­ty back in 2020, Anush­ka Ramjohn ini­tial­ly used it as a tool to keep res­i­dents of Curepe in­formed and up­dat­ed on neigh­bour­hood ac­tiv­i­ties and sus­pect­ed crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty.

As the group’s num­bers swelled in the sub­se­quent years, at­tract­ing over 265 mem­bers, in­clud­ing St Au­gus­tine MP and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter, Khadi­jah Ameen, Ramjohn felt the over­whelm­ing need to re­spond to the ap­peals for help from the less for­tu­nate in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Lean­ing on her close rel­a­tives for sup­port, Ramjohn, along with Gee­sha­la Bas­deo, wast­ed no time in or­gan­is­ing a Christ­mas treat for chil­dren in the area in De­cem­ber 2023.