SHAS­TRI BOODAN

Cou­va South MP Rudranath In­dars­ingh came in for praise when he staged his first Christ­mas treat for the chil­dren of the Phillips Home for Chil­dren and the Cou­va home for the aged. The event took place on De­cem­ber 14 on the com­pound of his Cam­den Road, Cou­va of­fice. In­dars­ingh, who is al­so Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Works, said the treat was a shared vi­sion of him­self, his wife Al­lene In­dars­ingh, and em­ploy­ees at the Cou­va South Con­stituen­cy of­fices.

The MP said Christ­mas was a time to share and bond with com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers. He said through the ef­forts of the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny, the home would be ex­pand­ed to im­prove the fa­cil­i­ties for the 11 chil­dren liv­ing at the Phillips home. Desmond Bax­ter, one of the di­rec­tors at the home, said this was the first time in the his­to­ry of the home that any sit­ting Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment had in­vit­ed the chil­dren of the home to a func­tion. Bax­ter com­mend­ed Al­lene for her com­mit­ment to work with the home to see im­prove­ment for the young­sters at the fa­cil­i­ty.