The Remax & Friends Foundation has renewed its support of the Blossom Foundation, an NGO supported by the President’s Trust that seeks to help children with challenging backgrounds to grow and thrive.

The €5,000 sponsorship from Remax will be a vital contribution towards the employment of a full-time qualified counsellor at St Paul’s Bay Primary School.

A number of children aged between three and 10 who attend the primary school in St Paul’s Bay find it difficult to cope with their daily lives due to unwanted family disruption and poverty.  A number of pupils attending this school come from foreign nations and several of the pupils, including Maltese, require additional support such as counselling and help with homework due to these issues.

As there is only one appointed counsellor to cover 4,000 children in the district, the foundation appointed an exclusive councillor who uses techniques such as play therapy to address a number of developmental issues.

“With the continued support of the Remax & Friends Foundation, we have been able to affect the lives of children attending the school in a positive way,” said the director of the President’s Trust, Sarah Borda Bondin.