{"id":25960,"date":"2025-02-01T19:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25960"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:34:43","slug":"caring-for-others-ngo-spreads-christmas-cheer-at-annual-toy-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/caring-for-others-ngo-spreads-christmas-cheer-at-annual-toy-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring For Others NGO Spreads Christmas Cheer at Annual Toy Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>December 23, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Caring For Others Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) hosted its ninth annual Toy Drive last Saturday at the Revival Church in Wisroc, bringing holiday cheer to thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the inclement weather, parents and children from all over the community gathered to receive their gifts, marking a successful and heartwarming event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by overseas-based Guyanese Eslyn Shockley and led by Opposition Parliamentarian Jermaine Figueira, the initiative reached more than 6,000 children, senior citizens, teachers, and nurses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each child received five toys, totaling 30,000 gifts distributed across eight constituencies, including a visit to Ituni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figueira highlighted the initiative&#8217;s growing success, noting that the event continues to expand each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the effort to maintain a well-organized distribution despite the challenges posed by the weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, 80 senior citizens received food baskets, and 50 teachers were awarded therapeutic mattresses, televisions, and microwaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to feedback, Figueira also announced that 20 nurses would receive similar gifts, addressing their concerns about being overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The generous gesture aligns with the mission of Eslyn Shockley, who is committed to aiding those in need during the holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 23, 2024 The Caring For Others Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) hosted its ninth annual Toy Drive last Saturday at the Revival Church in Wisroc, bringing holiday cheer to thousands. Despite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25960","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\/25960","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=25960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25961,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25960\/revisions\/25961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}