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Cox, Government mobilise to help Chaguanas family
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Kissondai Jaggasar and her husband Gangaram Ramcharan at their home on Railway Road, Longdenville, Chaguanas, on Monday. Photo by Ayanna Kinsale
Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox met with the poverty-stricken family of Longdenville, Chaguanas, on Monday afternoon, saying a whole-of-Government approach has been underway to help them.
Cox recalled getting a call on Sunday from the media about the family’s plight.
Ministry officials, including the permanent secretary, immediately visited and dropped off food items for the family at Railway Road.
She told reporters that the ministry’s Family Services Division and the National Social Development Programme (NSDP) also intervened on Sunday to help the family.
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Social Development outreach continues in Point Fortin
Social Development Minister Donna Cox
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Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox visited Point Fortin on Monday, when she held several meetings and visits to various stakeholders in the area.
In a release, the ministry said Cox was accompanied by permanent secretaries Jacinta Bailey-Sobers, Sheila Seecharan, and deputy permanent secretary Vijay Gangapersad.
They met with Point Fortin MP Kennedy Richards Jr at Techier Road and Point Fortin Mayor Saleema Thomas at the borough corporation’s headquarters in Mahaica.
The meeting with Richards was “to discuss matters of mutual interest in an efforts, to ensure that no one is left behind.”
March 17, 2021, Port of Spain:On March 15
th, 2021, Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Senator, the Honourable Donna Cox joined by her Executive Team at the Ministry, comprising Permanent Secretaries Jacinta Bailey-Sobers, Shelia Seecharan, and Deputy Permanent Secretary Vijay Gangapersad; conducted several meetings and visits to various stakeholders in the Point Fortin area.
The Minister’s first stop was at the office of Member of Parliament Kennedy Richards, where a meeting was held to discuss matters of mutual interest in an efforts, to ensure that no one is left behind. The Minister then paid a Courtesy Call on Her Worship, the Mayor of Point Fortin and Alderman Saleema Thomas. Here, discussions were held on the various initiatives being undertaken by the Ministry to service the burgesses of Point Fortin and environs in a more efficient and effective way, and through a more responsive delivery of social services.