Un­aware of the pow­er she held as she formed an on­line group called the Curepe Ad­min Com­mu­ni­ty back in 2020, Anush­ka Ramjohn ini­tial­ly used it as a tool to keep res­i­dents of Curepe in­formed and up­dat­ed on neigh­bour­hood ac­tiv­i­ties and sus­pect­ed crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty.

As the group’s num­bers swelled in the sub­se­quent years, at­tract­ing over 265 mem­bers, in­clud­ing St Au­gus­tine MP and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter, Khadi­jah Ameen, Ramjohn felt the over­whelm­ing need to re­spond to the ap­peals for help from the less for­tu­nate in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Lean­ing on her close rel­a­tives for sup­port, Ramjohn, along with Gee­sha­la Bas­deo, wast­ed no time in or­gan­is­ing a Christ­mas treat for chil­dren in the area in De­cem­ber 2023.

In 2024, they suc­cess­ful­ly host­ed a Back-To-School dri­ve, pro­vid­ing sta­tionery and school sup­plies to un­der­priv­i­leged chil­dren.

Their third ven­ture, a char­i­ty share dri­ve on June 29, saw scores of peo­ple ac­cept­ing the in­vi­ta­tion to vis­it the Curepe Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre where they were able to get a bit of every­thing in­clud­ing cloth­ing, linen/cur­tains, books, house­hold items, shoes, and food ham­pers.

Ramjohn, who holds the ti­tle of Founder and Group Co­or­di­na­tor, said, “We have a big­ger reach now and we are us­ing that to help those in need.”

The group is hop­ing to host a Com­mu­ni­ty Health Day be­fore the end of the year.

Bas­deo, who is the group’s Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer, added, “The pur­pose be­hind this is to reach those in the com­mu­ni­ty who re­al­ly need help.”