{"id":14952,"date":"2024-01-02T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14952"},"modified":"2024-01-02T21:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T21:00:39","slug":"president-ali-pledges-1-5-million-to-dharm-shala-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-pledges-1-5-million-to-dharm-shala-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Pledges $1.5 Million to Dharm Shala on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced a generous commitment of $1.5 million to the Dharm Shala \u2013 Home of the Benevolence, located in Albousystown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made during the president&#8217;s annual Christmas Day lunch for the residents of Dharm Shala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commending the dedication of the management and staff of Dharm Shala for their continuous care for the elderly, President Ali acknowledged the institution&#8217;s demonstration of the core values of love and care, despite facing numerous challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his address, President Ali emphasized the importance of celebrating the invaluable contributions made by the elderly population to the country&#8217;s development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed the government&#8217;s commitment to supporting the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, President Ali had donated $2 million to Dharm Shala and announced the waiver of water charges for the institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, as part of the Christmas festivities, the President distributed toys to children in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residents of Dharm Shala enjoyed a special Christmas lunch accompanied by musical entertainment, providing a festive atmosphere for the senior citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced a generous commitment of $1.5 million to the Dharm Shala \u2013 Home of the Benevolence, located in Albousystown. The announcement was made during the president&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14954,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14952\/revisions\/14954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}