BASSETERRE ST. KITTS (August 30, 2009) -- The current summer heat has left many persons and organisations using fans and air-conditioners more frequently, but that was not the case for the toddlers and their caretakers at the nursery section of the McKnight Daycare Centre.
According to the centre’s assistant supervisor, Sophia Johnson, the set of wall fans at the nursery section had broken down and the scenario had left the twenty children and their five caretakers spending very uncomfortable days.
Their misery came to an end on Tuesday August 25, when Support Officer in the Human Resource and Marketing Department of the Development Bank of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Coralee Benjamin, paid them a visit with the welcome gift of three box fans which act as warm air extractors.
“We as management and staff of the Development Bank of Saint Kitts and Nevis, are pleased that we are able to come to the McKnight Daycare’s aid in respect to presenting these three box fans for your facility,” observed Benjamin, who noted that they had been approached because of the discomfort that was been experienced at the nursery section.
“We hope and trust that they will provide some means of comfort and bring some relief, especially to the children and the staff who work along with them because we are going through a very hot summer period,” said Benjamin. “It is our pleasure to be of assistance and we hope they would be used for what they are intended for, to bring comfort to everyone.”
On receiving the three box fans, which will be mounted by the windows so as to extract warm air from the room, the assistant supervisor, Sophia Johnson, thanked the Development Bank on behalf of her supervisor and the other staff at the nursery unit. “We would like to say thank you for coming to our aid and I know it will be of a great relief to this section especially and the young babies.”
She noted that the centre has been in operation for the last seven years, and that fans have previously been changed twice. The nursery unit caters for babies from birth to two years. The staff who were busy feeding the babies by the door steps so as to catch some breeze from the outside, were relieved that they would be able to take care of the babies without discomfort.
