Government Cash Grant | Because We Care

Parents on Monday expressed gratitude to the government for extending the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative to private school students.

Parents of students attending private schools in Guyana have lauded the decision by His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali to extend the “Because We Care” cash grant initiative to their children.

The announcement came from the President's office this afternoon and will be welcomed by parents of children in private schools who had voiced their concern publicly about the grant for children only being made available to public school children.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, MP, has called on parents and guardians of Kamana and other Region Eight villages to use the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant for the development of their children.

Close to 150 school children of Chenapau, Region Eight have benefitted from the Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Anand Persaud MP, travelled to the community Monday to oversee the distribution exercise there.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, MP, has assured all hinterland students that the Government has made provisions for them to benefit from the ‘Because We Care’ initiative.

Parents and guardians of students of St. Stanislaus College, Central High, Houston Secondary and Ketley Primary schools have said the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant would boost their household incomes, as they prepare their children for the September school term.