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tutorial services and scholarships for students to advance their education.

“We never forgot how we started and how we wished we could have had more help along the way. We are humbled that our philanthropy is an expression of our gratitude for God blessing us with the ability to propel others towards pursuing a fuller life of liberty and happiness,” Jay told the magazine.

“Besides education, our passion is also for medicine and medical care, having made lifesaving contributions to benefit patients in Guyana. In 2008, my late, great brother George Subraj pioneered Guyana’s first kidney transplant by bringing in a team of transplant surgeons from Walter

Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to save the life of a 17-year-old boy. In the ensuing years, countless more liver and kidney disease patients have been saved.”

Their late brother George also introduced paediatric heart surgeries to Guyana reportedly saving the lives of eight children whose parents were unable to raise the huge sums necessary for the surgeries that were only available overseas. His efforts, Jay said, helped build out facilities, bring the necessary life-saving equipment, and recruit leading US surgeons to help Guyanese doctors establish specialty paediatric and cardiac care units that could save even more lives in the future.

While George passed away in

November 2016, his legacy of “treating life as a gift”, according to Jay, continues through the hard work and dedication of his loving brothers, Jay and Ken.

According to Ken Subraj, he keeps abreast with what is happening in Guyana from the internet and feedback from family and friends.

“I don’t go to Guyana. The attractiveness for Guyana is not in me at the moment, but who knows, it might change tomorrow, next week, next month,” he said.

Today, he dreams that Guyana’s oil production can grow, and that ordinary people can benefit. “It is important that they don’t put the money in their pockets,” he said.