A resident of Takamaka, Mrs Frieni Bristol, who has a slight mental disability, is the winner of the R50,000 star prize of the Red Cross Society of Seychelles' lottery drawn on December 28 last year.

Mrs Bristol, along will all the other lottery winners, was presented with her prize, sponsored by the Red Cross Society of Seychelles, during a short ceremony which took place on Thursday January 16, at the Seychelles Football Federation office at the Place de la République (Stad Popiler car park).

The lottery's second prize of R8,000, again sponsored by the Red Cross, went to 15-year-old Sheryn Figaro of Greenwich.

Present at the prize giving ceremony were the vice-president and other members of the Red Cross Society of Seychelles, as well as representatives of various airlines, hotels and other companies that have sponsored other prizes.

The third, fifth, sixth and seventh prizes were return tickets to Paris, Johannesburg, Kenya and Mauritius sponsored by Air France, Air Seychelles, British Airways and Air Mauritius respectively.

The fourth prize, a return ticket to Dubai, was sponsored by Liquid Air (Sey) Ltd & Pre Safe Services Ltd whereas Plantation Club Resort & Casino sponsored the eighth prize, Coral Strand Hotel the ninth and tenth prizes, and Berjaya Mahe Beach Resort the eleventh prizes, all being dinners for two at their respective establishments.

Thanking the winners and other people for buying the lottery tickets and the sponsors for the prizes, Mr Justin Freminot, the vice-president of the Seychelles Red Cross, said that the society would be organising these lotteries every year as a way of raising more funds.

Talking to the press after the prize giving ceremony, Mr Freminot said that this lottery, which was launched on May 8 last year, was aimed at raising funds to replace money spent on disaster victims and the less fortunate. 

He revealed that last year the society helped victims whose houses were destroyed by the September disaster on Praslin and on Mahe, by donating them money to buy food, housing materials, clothing, among other necessities. 

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