More companies get together to help evicted siblings

A TOTAL of nine companies are now working together to help Penal siblings ages 12,18 and 21 who were evicted by close relatives after the death of their parents.

Corporate sponsors Angostura and the Coosal’s Group first partnered to donate materials to build a house at Wilson Trace for the Boodram siblings – standard five pupil Ravi and his sisters Meera, 18, and Raveena, 20.

Other companies have joined including Unicomer (Trinidad) Ltd, Persad’s D Food King Group, Nigel R. Khan Bookselling Group, TSTT, Memory Bank Computers, Kaleidoscope Paints, and Blue Waters Products.

Unicomer will donate a living room set, dining room set, refrigerator, gas cooker, twin-tub washer, and mattresses. For the next year, the siblings will be given grocery supplies from Persad’s D Food King Group. The youngest of the siblings will be given a gift card to purchase school supplies for the next four years until she reaches form five.

Officials at TSTT promise to provide one-year free internet. They will also be given three Lenovo tablets to assist with online learning from Memory Bank Computers.

Blue Waters has promised cases of water every month for one year, and Kaleidoscope is providing the paint for the house.

Coosal’s will be contributing to building materials for the new house while Angostura will purchase the electrical items.

Officials from both Angostura and Coosal’s said they visited the family and saw the siblings actively involved in the construction of their house.

Angostura’s executive manager-corporate services Rahim Mohammed said, “It’s not every day that you see a 12-year-old mixing sand and cement and putting up blocks for his home and taking such ownership to secure a better future for his family and him. It is heartbreaking to see that he must go through this when children his age should be involved in online classes right now.”

Coosal’s chairman Sieunarine Coosal also said, “The story of the young Boodram family, sadly, is not unique as thousands of families are faced with severe socio-economic circumstances, not only impacted as recent as the effects of the covid19 pandemic, but a myriad of other humbling situations presented to us on a daily basis.”