S L Horsford & Company Limited, the longest serving diversified trading establishment in the Federation, continues to demonstrate its commitment toward the development of the nation's human resources through its financial assistance programme to high school students.
"The 2006/2007 Academic Year marks the 15th. anniversary of Horsford's support to the education agenda in St. Kitts-Nevis," said Valentine Monish, Marketing Manager of the Horsford Group of Companies.
"Most of the beneficiaries of our financial assistance package have been fifth form or CFB College students and, in more recent years, we have been heavily involved with Project Viola, the teen mothers" initiative established by the Ministry of Social Development, Community & Gender Affairs in 2002. Since 1992, our company has invested close to a quarter million EC dollars in scholarship funds," Monish added.
~~Adz:Right~~The financial support offered covers students' uniforms, books not covered by the SELF Programme, registration fees and lunch and transportation allowances. In addition, participants are provided temporary job assignments during the school breaks and several students take advantage of the advice and mentoring skills of Management and other senior personnel.
Horsford's is proud of its rich history of partnership in nation building and pledges to continue to energetically execute its corporate responsibility in the years ahead.
