SAPPHIRE MIRIAM FOUNDATION GETS FINANCIAL BOOST

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SAPPHIRE MIRIAM FOUNDATION GETS FINANCIAL BOOST

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SAPPHIRE MIRIAM FOUNDATION GETS FINANCIAL BOOST

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 2018:  “This has been a dream come true for me.” These were the words echoed by Ms. Simone Claxton as the Digicel Foundation’s Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities (EPIC) programme, continues to be a positive force in the lives of those in need. 

EPIC is a US$5,000 grant which encourages private public sector partnership to transform indoor and outdoor community spaces.

In expressing her heartfelt gratitude to the Foundation, Ms. Claxton, founder of the Sapphire Miriam Foundation continued, “I asked for funding and got so much more, instead I got understanding, support and a real partnership with a corporate entity such as the Digicel Foundation.”

The Sapphire Miriam Foundation was founded in 2012 and caters for underprivileged single mothers and children living in South Trinidad. The Sapphire Miriam Foundation main objective is to break the cycle of poverty and abuse, among these individuals.  

Ms. Claxton applied for an EPIC grant to develop a Learning Resource Centre in Tulsa Trace, Penal, which is fully equipped to accommodate 40-50 persons, and caters for little ones starting  at the tender age of 2.  The Digicel Foundation EPIC funding was used to purchase desks, chairs, multimedia, manipulatives that assists the student through touch and movement, books, board games and other educational tools.

The aim of the community initiative is to have children in the area use the facility after school, to complete their homework assignments; other uses of the space will include rentals for meetings, toddler care, literacy classes, and computer classes for both children and adults alike. 

The Sapphire Miriam Foundation is among 20 EPIC grantees who received funding for their respective communities from the Digicel Foundation for this financial year. 

SAPPHIRE MIRIAM FOUNDATION GETS FINANCIAL BOOST