Bajan Fuh Eva, a Miami-based carnival company, has began the process of donating approximately $100,000 in medical supplies to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).
Roslyn Sealy, president of Bajan Fuh Eva, told media people during a brief handover ceremony at the healthcare center on Monday that, aside from Carnival-related activities, the organization has placed a major emphasis on giving back to the island since its beginning in 2010.
“The organisation’s other objectives include representing Barbados in a positive way and encouraging and engaging the youth in community projects. This year, we are excited to make a donation to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados that consists of admission kits, hospital gowns and socks.
“This donation is the beginning of an extension partnership with the hospital,” she said.
Dr Christine Greenidge, Chief Operations Officer at QEH, also thanked Sealy for the donation, which is the first of many scheduled for the next year. She further said that collaborations between the island and other Barbadian communities across the world, are critical to assisting the nation in a number of spaces.
“As part of our philanthropy objectives, we want to partner more with our CGs [Consuls General] throughout the United States, as well as those in the UK, as well as in Canada. Coming from New York myself a year and a half ago to the QEH, I can attest that there are many associations, Barbadian-based, that are willing to partner and help out the QEH as well as other industries here in Barbados by giving back.
“I know this team is a small example of what I know exists in our communities internationally, that can come and help us in terms of some of the things that we need.”
