Master group have donated Lm1,020 to Dar il-Kaptan. The money was collected through the group’s outlet in Naxxar Master Cellars and represents a percentage on the hampers sold over last year’s festive season.

The donation was wade at the Master Cellars outlet in Naxxar and was presented by Louie Camilleri, general manager of master group to Harry Fenech, administrator of Dar il-Kaptan and Antonella Agius Micallef, Fund Raising and PR Executive.

Speaking during the presentation, Louie Camilleri said “we are very glad to have had this opportunity to host this initiative through our outlet Master Cellars in aid of Dar il-Kaptan. Indeed, we wanted to contribute part of our commercial success to an organisation that is continuously in need of financial support in order to keep helping those less fortunate in our society.” Johann Zammit, manager at Master Cellars added, “Dar il-Kaptan has a very important role to play in society and we are proud to have had this opportunity to lend our financial support, an initiative which we will be repeating again during this year’s festive season.”

Thanking Mr Camilleri for the donation, Mr Fenech described Dar il-Kaptan’s commitment to provide professional respite services to people with disabilities and their families.

“Through our operations, we seek to ensure that families are getting the adequate support and assistance, so that people with disabilities can remain in their family home and continue to live in their community.”

Mr Fenech also referred to a number of projects currently being undertaken by Dar il-Kaptan, namely the landscaping of the garden to make it accessible to people with mobility impairment and the provision of multi-sensory equipment.