RBC Royal Bank is continuing to invest in building a sustainable national community with a recent donation of $75,000 to Vitas House a hospice which provides free palliative care for terminally-ill cancer patients....Zippy’s Friends also received $150,000 in support of its programme to train primary school teachers to recognise and effectively teach and manage children with mental health issues.....
The programme has been implemented locally by the non-profit School Leadership Centre of T&T and so far 26 teachers and six principals already have been trained....They work with 523 children between the ages five to seven years old in 13 schools across the country....
The bank, in a statement, said its contribution to Vitas House was in support of the Flamingo Room as part of the hospice’s “Adopt-A-Room” facility.....Located in St James, Vitas House offers free medical and nursing care to terminally-ill cancer patients....which helps to improve a patient’s quality of life during the advanced stages of the illness.....