The Tribune

By JADE RUSSELL

jrussell@tribunemedia.net

FTX DIGITAL Markets donated 100 laptops to the Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training yesterday to assist teachers in need.

Valdez Russell, FTX’s vice-president of communications, presented the donation to Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin along with other ministry representatives.

Mr Russell said: “FTX recently celebrated one year of attaining its licence and doing business here in The Bahamas, and one of the first public contributions we made was to the Ministry of Education. During that time, it was acknowledged that there was a need for some 300 laptops to be distributed to educators who needed to deliver classes virtually to students across the archipelago. We acknowledged this need; we mobilised in meaningful ways. And a year later, we are now presenting the first of 100 laptops to the minister.”

Director of FTX Digitals Markets Zoe Gibson Bowleg also shared similar sentiments noting that this donation was especially important to her.

Ms Hanna Martin thanked FTX Digital Markets for the donation.

“Thank you,” she said. “I always say it takes a village. And it sounds cliche, but it’s not particularly in the field of education, which is the enterprise that guarantees for us as best as possible, a prosperous, peaceful nation. I know that FTX is headquartered in The Bahamas. And I’m very grateful that they have understood the importance of sharing in the village in the development of the nation as a whole, and in particular, for education.”