ECA donates $14,831 to St Mary’s Children’s Home

“Having researched the genesis of this long-standing institution, the ECA felt a strong synergy with the St Mary’s Home, having itself just celebrated 57 years of existence,” said Joycelyn Francois, the Chief Executive Officer of the ECA “and we are certainly honoured to play our part in furthering the cause of such a noble, stable and purposeful cause.” The ECA selected the St. Mary’s Home as the beneficiary of its recently held Charity Brunch, themed Expressions of Love.

Each year the ECA selects a local charitable organisation as the beneficiary of the brunch. The St.

Mary’s Children’s Home has been in existence for almost 160 years, having been founded as a refuge for orphaned children of East Indian indentured labourers in 1857.

Since then, the home has endured many socio- economic changes to remain a beacon of hope for many abused, abandoned and otherwise disadvantaged children in Trinidad and Tobago.

They have achieved this by providing two main types of care: resident care and transitional services, both of which have made significant inroads into improving the social situation and future state of many children.