On Monday, 13th June, 2022, Maxine Howard, Sales Manager of Tropical Shipping St Vincent & the Grenadines handed over a cheque valued at ECD$2,700.00 to Lauren McIntosh-Shallow, Executive Director, Caribbean World Pediatric Project (WPP).
The presentation took place at Tropical Shipping’s office in Kingstown.
At the handover, Ms. Howard expressed pleasure in donating to the organisation and spoke of Tropical Shipping’s commitment in honoring the company’s corporate social responsibility through its commitment to assist children in need of medical attention, some at a tertiary stage.
World Pediatric Project (WPP) is a non-profit organization which focuses on providing critical pediatric services to children in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Eastern Caribbean. WPP has had a presence in St Vincent & the Grenadines since 2002 and has helped over 3,400 Vincentian children with a value of services in excess of EC$84 million.
McIntosh-Shallow extended sincere appreciation to Tropical Shipping for the financial support given to World Pediatric Project in its mission to provide care to children in SVG and across the Eastern Caribbean. (Contributed)