 The St. Lucia New York Consulate spearheaded a donation drive that has benefited students in Denry more from Daniel Dubois. Scores of students from the Denry infant and primary schools received school supplies from a donation drive spearheaded by the St. Lucia New York Consulate in collaboration with the Make It Happen Foundation and several contributors from the diaspora. The supplies, which include a plethora of items spanning crayons, bagpacks, calculators and notebooks were officially handed over to the principals of the schools on Wednesday, 17 March 2021. The Make It Happen Foundation is very pleased to be a part of this initiative to help provide assistance to the Denry infant school with this donation of educational supplies for its students. We know that the 2020 academic year and this 2021 academic year have been very challenging for the children, especially the younger ones for whom peer socialization is so very important. But we hope that this small gesture of support helps in some small way to make their journey a little easier. In remarks that were read on his behalf, Consulate General of New York, Alvin Landers, the lead on the donation drive expressed his gratitude to those who collaborated to make the donation possible, especially during this challenging time. St Lucia's noted, rose to the occasion with their countrymen in mind. He went on to mention those who were instrumental to the cause, Alfonso Marquis of the Halfwood St Lucia Lions Club, Raquel Prosper, Sally Etienne, the St Lucia American Association of Connecticut, the St Lucia Domino Club, the lavish crew members within the Hartford area and the Make It Happen Foundation. So I'm happy that the Consulate General in New York and all the partners in Connecticut and all the citizens of St Lucia who reside in in the United States did lend a hand to put those beautiful gifts for our kids together. We are very very pleased. More than 200 students are beneficiaries of the donation drive and work is ongoing on another. Reporting for the office of the Prime Minister, I am Daniel Dubois.