Photo story: PM Kamla receives $75,000 for Children's Life Fund

(L-R) Vashti Pekhoo PMCGC Secretary, Chairman Ray Jaggernauth, PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Treasurer Randall Mohammed and Director Kalapnath Ragoo. Photos by Nicholas Ramjass courtesy OPM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar received a donation of $75,000 on Friday for the Children’s Life Fund.

The gift is from the board of the Prime Minister’s Charity Golf Classic, a charitable association that hosts an annual golf tournament under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

The charity donates all proceeds from the tournaments to charitable cases. The funds handed to the Prime Minister at the Red House Friday represent money from the 2010 tournament.  The 2011 tournament is scheduled for May.

Treasurer Randall Mohammed explained why the board chose the children's fund. “We recognise the children as the future of Trinidad and Tobago and we need to secure that future," he said.