PROJECTS – THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA
2021
  • December - Donation to an orphanage – La Fondation des Foyers Angele as part of the Earthquake Relief in Haiti.
  • Donation to the Ottawa Food Bank.

2020
  • July - Raised funds to support a Parent Teacher Association project – to purchase of uniforms, books and other school supplies for 40 students at Mon Repos R.C. School- Trinidad.
  • July - TTAO – Nazru Deen Scholarship to a student at Vistabella Presbyterian School – Trinidad.
  • October - Donation to support the purchase of Tablets for SEA students at the Mason Hall Government School – Tobago.

2019
  • January – Donation to Living Waters Foundation – for the Flood Relief Fund in Trinidad and Tobago.

2018
  • Donation to Priyanka Dhanie (Compound Archer from Trinidad & Tobago).

2017
  • Scholarship to student of St. Dominic’s Children’s Home
  • Donation to the purchase of improved water facilities at St. Dominic’s Children’s Home.

2016
  • March – Donation to the Culinary Institute and the Mason Hall Village Performers – Tobago.

2014
  • January – Walk for Memories – Walkathon to support Alzheimer’s Society of Ottawa Renfrew – raised just over $20,000.

2012
  • May – Donation $1,000 Cdn to St. Dominic’s Children’s Home.

1999
  • TTAO – C.L.R. James Scholarship to students at St.Mary’s Children’s Home and St. Dominic’s Children Home -Trinidad
  • Book launch featuring a book by Shamsu Deen -a Trinidad & Tobago genealogist.
  • Partnered with Carleton University in Ottawa to premiere a film “The Panman” produced by Kamalo Deen, a national of Trinidad and Tobago in the USA.
  • Volunteered to man phone lines for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Telethon.

1998
  • In partnership with Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO) – sent computers to Upper Cumuto Government School -Trinidad.
  • Supported the Empowerment Foundation of Tobago – to sponsor after school training programs for children attending primary school, as well as children who for one reason or another no longer attended school .
  • Formation of the “Island Chorale” choir, which visited Long Term Care Facilities and other Seniors’ Residences, to bring Christmas cheer to shut-ins in Ottawa.
 

1997
  • Donated to the Piparo Volcano Relief Benefit in Trinidad & Tobago.
  • Shipped books to South East Port-of-Spain Secondary School.
  • Donated funds to assist a joint project between Scouts Canada and the Trinidad and Tobago Scouts Association. Scouts Canada send representatives to Trinidad to build a Walk in Centre to help youth in Arima.