Indonesia donates school buses for children in North Leeward and North Windward

STUDENTS FROM communities in North Windward and North Leeward will have access to additional transportation when the new school term begins.

Last Friday, July 11, the Government of Indonesia donated two school buses which will service these areas.

In a short handing over ceremony at Murray Road, Minister of Transport and Works Montgomery Daniel said this show of generosity by the Government and people of Indonesia is welcomed and points to the unwavering friendship between the two nations over the past 29 years.

The total cost of the buses is approximately EC$328,00. Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to St Vincent and the Grenadines, His Excellency Imam Edy Mulyono said it was his country’s honour to be part of the effort to provide access to education as they believe fundamentally that education is the “pillar of nation’s development”.

The Ambassador added that this is just the beginning of many initiatives which will become synonymous of the relations between both St.Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Indonesia.

St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Indonesia established Diplomatic relations on November 30, 1993. (API)