{"id":21114,"date":"2024-07-02T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21114"},"modified":"2024-07-02T21:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:51:09","slug":"lindeners-receive-because-we-care-cash-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/lindeners-receive-because-we-care-cash-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindeners Receive &#8216;Because We Care&#8217; Cash Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Jacquey Bourne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linden residents gathered earlier today for the distribution of the &#8220;Because We Care&#8221; cash grant at several schools across Region 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, aimed at supporting parents with educational expenses, saw increased disbursements this year, with each child receiving $45,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes a $40,000 cash grant and an additional $5,000 for uniforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCN captured scenes from distribution points at Wismar Shore, New Silver City Secondary School, Harmony Hall Secondary, and One Mile Primary School, highlighting the community&#8217;s participation and gratitude for the financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacy Duke, a parent, expressed appreciation for the grant, emphasizing its importance in covering educational essentials such as textbooks for her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distribution will continue tomorrow, ensuring that all eligible parents have an opportunity to collect their grants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those unable to collect today can coordinate with the Regional Office or utilize the Ministry of Education&#8217;s online platform to authorize another person to collect on their behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;Because We Care&#8217; cash grant is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools, reflecting the government&#8217;s commitment to supporting education and easing financial burdens on families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further updates on the distribution and educational initiatives, stay tuned to Ministry of Education announcements and local news channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacquey Bourne Linden residents gathered earlier today for the distribution of the &#8220;Because We Care&#8221; cash grant at several schools across Region 10. The initiative, aimed at supporting parents&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21114","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=21114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21116,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21114\/revisions\/21116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}