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Schools receive thousands of basketballs through diaspora tie-up

13 February 2026
This content originally appeared on St. Lucia Times.

Basketballs valued at an estimated CAD$24,000 (EC$47,600) have been handed over to local institutions and athletic programmes in an initiative led by the Ministry of External Affairs and Diaspora Affairs.The 1,200 basketballs were donated through a partnership with Henry Mangal, the Saint Lucian Consul General in Toronto.