Bahamas Waste makes donation to All Saints Camp!

Thu, Dec 8th 2016, 03:30 PM

In the spirit of Christmas and spreading the holiday cheer, the management and staff of Bahamas Waste made a sizeable donation of non-perishable food items to the All Saints Camp for World Aids day.

The All Saints Camp, located off Carmichael Road on New Providence is a refuge for men, women and children diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and currently has 60 residents. Ernestine Lloyd, Human Resources Manager at Bahamas Waste, headed the donation for the Camp, said she was delighted to take part in this opportunity to lend assistance. “When you realize all of the good work that the All Saints Camp does, it was easy for us to lend our assistance again.”

Bahamas Waste previously hosted a Thanksgiving Day luncheon last year for the residents and staff of the camp. Annually the company offers both regular and medical garbage collection services to the Camp free of charge. “Bahamas Waste prides itself on being a good cooperate citizen and giving back to non-profit organizations like the All Saints Camp, is a part of our corporate responsibility” Francisco de Cardenas, the Managing Director of Bahamas Waste. “We have been lending our support, whether it has been by donating food items in this case or through trash and medical waste collection. This is our third year now and we do not intend on stopping.”

According to Ms. Kashala Forbes, the Assistant Administrator at the All Saints Camp, they are always grateful to corporate citizens like Bahamas Waste for assistance. “The support they provide by collecting our garbage is already quite a donation, it was very surprising to see them come here today to offer even more assistance. These food items will go a long way in helping the work we do here at the camp. We are so thankful to them for their help.”

Ms. Forbes stressed the need for more companies to be like Bahamas Waste to not only assist the All Saints Camp, but to also help other non-profit organizations. “There is a lot that we do here with very limited resources,” noted Forbes. “In addition to providing three meals a day, we also care for just under twenty kids that go to school full time, so we need school uniforms, supplies and meals. Our situation was further compounded by Hurricane Matthew, which caused severe damage to our kitchen and as a result, we ended up losing the majority of our food supply. This was a blessing to have Bahamas Waste stop by and give what they can.”

Ms. Lloyd said that she was moved after speaking with the staff and residents of the camp, “while we always try to be good corporate citizens, this donation goes deeper than that; today was about being human and helping our brothers and sisters. We must look beyond our prejudices towards persons with HIV/AIDS and help as we would any charity.”

“One of the foundations of World AIDS Day is to eliminate the prejudice and discrimination persons with AIDS and HIV face,” said the Assistant Administrator. “As a high school student, I volunteered here at the Camp and I was motivated to come back full time after talking to the residents and learning how they and even their families are discriminated against by the public. The residents here are humans and deserve to be treated with dignity. You can’t contract the virus by talking to someone, by sitting down watching sports or talking politics so it is important that we work toward ending the discrimination.”

Bahamas Waste wishes to encourage others to consider to make a donation to the All Saints Camp. The Camp accepts clothes and shoes, non-perishable food items, furniture and is looking for volunteers to assist with the repairs of the Camp’s kitchen.
Bahamas Waste Limited handles more than a third of all waste produced in New Providence each year, servicing more than 19,000 commercial and residential customers, and also provides special collection services to clients in Fresh Creek, Andros Bahamas Waste is committed to working together with our community towards a cleaner tomorrow. Our primary business involves the leasing of compactors and containers and the collection and disposal of solid and wet waste; the collection, treatment and disposal of medical waste, and the recycling of cardboard and waste vegetable oil. In New Providence, our fleet of more than 60 collections and service vehicles are out in the community seven days a week, starting in the early morning hours. Website: http://www.bahamaswaste.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bahamas-Waste/419339604771785?fref=ts

On November 30, 2016, Bahamas Waste made a presentation of non-perishable food item to the All Saints Camp lead by Human Resources Manager at Bahamas Waste, Ernestine Lloyd. Mrs. Lloyd said that she was delighted to make the presentation on behalf of the Company. Receiving the goods were Ms. Kashala Forbes, Assistant Administrator and Ms. Patrice Woodside, Cook. Ms. Forbes said the donation from Bahamas Waste couldn’t come at a better time as the Camp recently lost the majority of its food supplies because of damage to its kitchen cause by Hurricane Matthew; she said the residents and staff were very grateful for the donation. Pictured left to right are: Mrs. Ernestine Lloyd, Human Resources Manager at Bahamas Waste; Ms. Rolle, Secretary, All Saints Camp; Maurice Johnson, Driver, Bahamas Waste; Ms. Kashala Forbes, Assistant Administrator, All Saints Camp; Ms. Sandy Bastian, Operations Assistant; Ms. Victoria Simmons, Receptionist, Bahamas Waste and Ms. Patrice Woodside, Cook, All Saints Camp.  (Photo courtesy of Barefoot Marketing)

Hurricane Matthew caused serve damages at the All Saints Camp, particularly to the kitchen area. As a result of a damaged roof, and broken windows, the camp lost almost all of its food items as well as its refrigerator and other appliances. Assistant Administrator Kashala Forbes said that she was encouraged by the generosity of Bahamas Waste that things at the Camp will improve. (Photo courtesy of Barefoot Marketing)

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