Guyanese engineer donates laptops to children
By Tangerine Clarke
When New York-based electrical
engineer, Ryan Belgrave
began a laptop and electronic
tablet giveaway to the indigent
population in his homeland of
Guyana, he never imagined his
kind gesture would blossom
to reach hundreds of children
across the Republic.
Belgrave, who immigrated to
the United States in 2005, told
Caribbean Life, due to the coronavirus
pandemic that caused
schools to adopt virtual learning,
further putting a financial
burden on families, he decided to
increase his humanitarian effort
to meet the needs of many more
children.
Belgrave, who is also an air
conditioning engineer with
Petroleum Gas Company, made
a combined vacation and distribution
trip recently to his
homeland, and delivered 25 laptops
and cell phones to families
in need, noting, while working
hard in the snow covered streets,
and stormy weather in dangerous
underground conditions, his
heart and thoughts are always
fixated on the many kids he
wants to help.
“I’m not looking for favors,
I’m just doing what I have to do.
I went home and shared out 25
laptops and a few cellphones to
children and families who are in
need. I’m thankful for the friend
that helped me to pull this off,”
he said.
The electronic that will be a
great help in educating students
is the hallmark of Belgrave’s
commitment to giving, as he
instills in students, the importance
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of learning.
The donor, who added ‘blessingz’
to his name, to show that
he is fortunate to have more
than enough so that he can
share with others, is in the process
of accumulating 50 laptops
and other tools for online schooling
to be distributed during a
two-week period at the end of
the year.
In 2018, he partnered with the
Ministry of Education to reach
students in the public schools
but has since gone into communities
to reach families directly.
The next pop-up handout
initiative will take place across
Guyana in underprivileged communities,
he said, any of the government
pay any attention to,
when it comes to improving the
lives of the lower class of people
Ryan “Blessingz” Belgrave presents laptops and cell phones to needy students in Guyana.
in Guyana.
This is why he is motivated to
do his part to fill that gap, adding
that others should feel pleased to
do the same.
He tells students to focus on
education, and encourage them
“to hang-in there, and keep the
faith, help is coming, if not from
me, from someone else.”
However, he warns parents
against accepting any of the laptops
if one is already in the home.
He said they should be honest, so
that someone else in need could
be gifted the learning tool.
By the end of the year, the
total number of laptops distributed
will total 250, since
he began his benevolent program
with the help of deceased
friend Mondale Smith, who had
encouraged him to make the
humanitarian gesture public for
transparency, while helping the
less fortunate, and encouraging
others to give.
The price tag is in the thousands
since each fully equipped
computer retails for $175.00.
Belgrave is hopeful that his
charitable outreach, which also
includes musical instruments
and medical equipment, donated
to elder homes, will continue for
many years to come.
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