The Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs on Wednes­day host­ed a cheque dis­tri­b­u­tion cer­e­mo­ny at its con­fer­ence room, Nicholas Tow­ers, where 15 in­di­vid­u­als and or­gan­i­sa­tions were pre­sent­ed with cheques amount­ing to $1,585,000 in sup­port of their forth­com­ing sport­ing and youth de­vel­op­ment ini­tia­tives.

This strate­gic in­vest­ment un­der­scores the Min­istry’s stead­fast com­mit­ment to em­pow­er­ing ath­letes, coach­es, and youth lead­ers through mean­ing­ful fi­nan­cial part­ner­ships. The as­sis­tance pro­vid­ed will bol­ster in­ter­na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion prepa­ra­tion, stim­u­late com­mu­ni­ty-based youth pro­grammes, and strength­en the fab­ric of lo­cal sport and de­vel­op­ment projects across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

De­liv­er­ing brief re­marks, Di­rec­tor of Sports, Gabre Je­su Mc­Tair, reaf­firmed the Min­istry’s ded­i­ca­tion to nur­tur­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for young peo­ple and ath­letes to achieve their fullest po­ten­tial.

“To­day’s dis­burse­ment rep­re­sents more than fi­nan­cial as­sis­tance; it re­flects our be­lief in the po­ten­tial of our cit­i­zens to rep­re­sent Trinidad and To­ba­go with pride, pur­pose, and ex­cel­lence,” Mc­Tair stat­ed. “We re­main com­mit­ted to en­sur­ing that our sport­ing and youth sec­tors are vi­brant, well-sup­port­ed, and con­tin­u­al­ly in­spired.”

The re­cip­i­ents ex­pressed grat­i­tude for the Min­istry’s on­go­ing sup­port, not­ing that the funds will play a vi­tal role in their prepa­ra­tion, train­ing, and com­mu­ni­ty en­gage­ment ef­forts.