Almost five months after St Richard’s Primary School in St Andrew appealed for financial assistance, support, though not overwhelmingly great, is slowly trickling in with the latest help coming from a furniture and marketing company, that has offered to refurbished the school’s library.

Principal Maureen Wong in January, at the start of the school 85th anniversary celebrations, made a plea for help to provide the school with much-needed monetary assistance and resources including the provision of a library and computer room.

Shortly after the call the National Commercial Bank answered and donated $500,000 to the school to complete an unfinished building to house the library and computer room.

However, according to Wong, due to “some hiccups’ work on the building has not yet started.

Nonetheless, Rovi Rochlani, owner of Rosh Marketing and Appliance TV Deport, has committed to helping the school outfit the library with books and other necessary resources.

Rochlani made the promise to the school’s principal last Tuesday after he responded to the request for two wall fans and a day bed for the school’s staffroom. The school was presented with the items last Wednesday after Rochlani made a symbolic donation to the school on Tuesday during devotion.

“The school call me a couple of times, but I wanted to visit and when I did I saw that there was really a need to I quickly agreed to provide them with the items and my company understand the importance of education, so we have always assisted school and even some children homes,” he said.

As it relates to his offer to refurbish the library, he said, ” Everything is now in their hands, so as soon as they sign off on what they need I will start the work so that the kids can be comfortable.”

Meanwhile, an elated principal told the Jamaica Observer that she was very grateful and thanked the businessman for his help and promise of more to come.

“We are indeed grateful for the assistance and that which has been coming in from others in Corporate Jamaica though slowly,” she said. “I know my staff will be very happy and happy teachers mean happy student.”