This morning St John's College received a generous donation from the Government of India. Fifty computers and printers were handed over to the institution under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation program. Under the ITECH program, India extends assistance to countries like Belize with which it enjoys a good relationship. And so this morning, students and teachers gathered inside the Fordyce Memorial Chapel to receive the donation.
H.E. Sujan R. Chinoy, Commissioner of India to Belize
"This is gift from the Government and people of India to the Government and people of Belize. It's a gift of 50 computers, printers and associated peripherals under the Indian Technical and Economic Program which is well known by its acronym ITECH and under the ITECH Program India extends assistance to friendly countries with whom we have good relations and countries like Belize which we want to deepen our engagement including people to people level. It's also under the ITECH Program that we just got a senior police officer from India on secondment and loan to the Government of Belize. Some of you might have heard that we have Mr. Chan who is also going to be
here for a year on loan to the Commissioner of Belize. He will work in consultation with his superiors here. That's the kind of program we have - the ITECH Program under which its very broad-based, it ranges from outright aid and assistance of this order to for instance cricketing gear which gifted in 2010 for the people of Belize. On another occasion we have gifted medicines after the natural disaster in 2007. We have also gifted for instance 3 wheeler scooters in the past 16 of them. I see some of them between Chetumal and the Corozal area. That the kind of range we cover and there are scholarship we offer under the ITECH Program to Belize students and officials going to India."
The ITECH program also covers scholarships for Belizean students.
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