Georgetown: This past weekend, a team from the Guyana Foundation visited Breezy Point, a community on the East Coast of Demerara. The village is situated on the bank of a GUYSUCO canal, between Brush Dam and Coldingen Dam, and is accessed over makeshift bridges built by residents from scrap wood. There is no running water in the community and no electricity. Many of the children and elderly live in very poor conditions.
The Guyana Foundation started working in the village several months ago, donating solar-powered light kits to needy families in the area. During this recent trip, the Foundation completed the distribution of light kits to every home in the area.
According to residents the light kits have been most useful. They have enabled school children to study after dark. Also, since the light receptacles are portable, residents are able to use them to cross the bridges at night, to use outdoor toilet facilities, and much more.
To commemorate International Women's Day, the Guyana Foundation team also visited some of the elderly ladies in the community – stalwarts like Miss Emelda who is 73 years old, and has twenty children, fifty-six grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Miss Emelda, whose life is pinned down by poverty and ill-health, still managed to welcome and thank the Guyana Foundation team for the gifts brought to her community. This wonderful lady stood out as the true Gift of Light to her community, and is the embodiment of a fine, wholesome Guyanese woman.
Members of the public who would like to support the work of the Foundation by making a donation are asked to contact 225-4414, or email guyanafoundation@gmail.com. To learn more about the Foundation’s work, please follow its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/theguyanafoundation.
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