ANSA McAL Foundation

Since inception the Foundation has been committed to addressing a broad range of social needs. In recent times it has adopted a policy of concentrating on projects of national and regional significance.

The Foundation was created by a merger of the ANSA Foundation, formed in 1986, to assist charitable causes and the McAL Foundation, formed with similar aims in 1981. The merger was effected on November 17, 1993. A year later Dr. Sabga was responsible for the rejuvenation of the Guardian Neediest Cases Fund, a long-standing charitable project of the Trinidad Publishing Company Limited; publishers of the Trinidad and Sunday Guardian newspapers.

Notable achievements include:

• Establishing the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre at UWI, St. Augustine.
• Benefactor of the ANSA McAL wing of The Diagnostic, Research, Education Centre for the Hearing Impaired (DRETCHI) for the Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Deaf.
• Significant support for The Princess Elizabeth Home for Handicapped Children; SERVOL; the Jaya Lakshmi Children’s Home; Junior Achievement of Trinidad and Tobago; The Living Water Community Food Assistance Relief (FAR) Project; the Blood Bank and Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society.
• A founding member of the UWI Institute of Business.

The Foundation is chaired by Mr Andrew Sabga Deputy-Chairman of the ANSA McAL Group. Mr A Norman Sabga (LLD, Hon, UWI), Chairman and Chief Executive of the ANSA McAL Group, is its patron.

From 1991 to 2003 the Foundation received 1% of the profit of the ANSA McAL Group. By investing this endowment, the Foundation is now self-financing, and able to undertake in perpetuity the significant commitment of the ANSA Caribbean Awards for Excellence programme.

BOARD OF THE ANSA McAL FOUNDATION

• Mr Garth Chatoor
• Mrs Linda Sabga-Hadeed
• Mr Nabeel A Hadeed
• Mr Ravindranath Maharaj
• Mr Victor Mouttet
• Mr Nigel Sabga
• Mrs Maria Superville-Neilson, Secretary
• Mrs Diana Mahabir Wyatt