The Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren in Gas­par­il­lo re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant boost thanks to a gen­er­ous do­na­tion from Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al Inc.

The do­na­tion of US$8,000, or just over TT$54,000, was made as part of Marubeni’s on­go­ing an­nu­al com­mit­ment to so­cial wel­fare in Trinidad & To­ba­go, which funds ini­tia­tives that sup­port ed­u­ca­tion, child wel­fare, the el­der­ly, and the en­vi­ron­ment.

On Tues­day, the Marubeni Ex­ec­u­tives toured the Home, pre­view­ing the planned up­grades. The Home’s Board of Di­rec­tors in­di­cat­ed its goal of en­hanc­ing the Home’s self-suf­fi­cien­cy through sev­er­al up­com­ing projects, in­clud­ing ex­pand­ing agri­cul­tur­al ac­tiv­i­ties and build­ing a trade skills cen­tre on the prop­er­ty.

In op­er­a­tion for 36 years, the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren is a non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion that pro­vides shel­ter, holis­tic care and pro­tec­tion for un­der­priv­i­leged, so­cial­ly dis­placed and at-risk youth. The Home’s fa­cil­i­ties oc­cu­py ap­prox­i­mate­ly two acres of land with two sep­a­rate build­ings hous­ing up to 20 boys and girls.

“At Marubeni, we be­lieve in in­vest­ing in the fu­ture of the lo­cal com­mu­ni­ties, and that starts with the chil­dren,” said Mo Ma­jeed, Chief Op­er­at­ing Of­fi­cer, Marubeni Pow­er In­ter­na­tion­al, Inc and Man­ag­ing Di­rec­tor, Caribbean. “We’re es­pe­cial­ly ho­n­oured to play a part in sup­port­ing the ex­cel­lent work be­ing done at the Is­lam­ic Home for Chil­dren, dur­ing this holy month of Ra­madan. This home pro­vides a haven, where the chil­dren who are most in need are of­fered pro­tec­tion and love in a safe and com­fort­able home.”

Head­quar­tered in Japan, the Marubeni Cor­po­ra­tion has of­fices in 67 coun­tries and em­ploys 45,000 peo­ple around the world.