Windward Islands Lotteries donates US$ 20,000 to World Paediatric Programme

The Windward Islands Lotteries inc. (WINLOTT), has made a donation of US$ 20,000 to the World Paediatric Project (WPP), a non-profit organization that provides surgical and diagnostic, specialized healthcare for children in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and other Eastern Caribbean States.

The donation is to help alleviate some of the costs incurred by the WPP in the fulfilment of its commitment to local and regional families in providing critical and sometimes, urgent paediatric healthcare, a release from WPP states.

This donation is double the amount that was previously donated to WPP as they are anticipating and actively working towards increasing overall capacity and assessing more children in less time, the release further states.

WINLOTT Inc., represented by executive director, Allison Thomas and Lauren McIntosh-Shallow, executive director of the WPP were present at the short handing over ceremony on April 13.

“We are immensely grateful to have the continued support of Winlott Inc. in our aim to heal more of our children in SVG and within the region,” McIntosh-Shallow said. “Whether big or small, the support always creates a tremendous impact in the children and their families’ lives.”

For this year so far, the WPP has hosted six surgical and diagnostic teams in SVG namely: General Surgery; Speech and Language therapy; Cardiology; Ophthalmology; Reconstructive Plastic Surgery; and Physical Therapy across the six specialities. The teams combined have provided services to more than 300 children, 13 of whom travelled to SVG from other islands including Dominica, St. Kitts, Grenada, and Saint. Lucia, the WPP release explained.

In order to make these initiatives possible and offer the surgical and medical care cost-free to the families, funding plays a crucial role in attaining the necessary equipment and cover travel, and logistic expenses.

And, while WINLOTT Inc.’s core focus is sports and in particular youth cricket, and as a part of their corporate social responsibility, this donation to WPP will impact and transform the quality of life of youth across the Windward Islands, the release concluded.