Sixty-five families get new homes

Oct 08, 2013 News

Sixty-five families are now the proud owners of new two-bedroom homes complete with sanitation blocks at Swan, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

One of the houses built by FFTP.

The homes were built by Food for the Poor Guyana Inc (FFTP) and will be officially handed over on November 5, 2013.
The housing project was introduced six years ago by the Non Governmental Organization (NGO), in an effort to increase the living standards of the less fortunate in Guyana.
The project which is funded by overseas donors are two-bedroom wooden structures and are constructed free of cost for underprivileged families. A total of 2700 houses were built so far in various parts of the country.
Swan, located between Kuru-Kururu and Marudi, is the ninth village so far to benefit from the housing project. The next set of houses will be built next year in White Water Village in the North West District.
During a recent interview, Andrea Benjamin, Project Manager for the NGO told Kaieteur News that a public outreach programme was done in Swan and officials at FFTP realized that there was an urgent need for the housing project to be introduced there.
She told Kaieteur News that the people in that rural community were living in houses made of cardboard, plastic and zinc sheets and that some of the occupants would get wet when it rains.
The houses are equipped with individual solar panels and persons have already moved in.
A community centre with six computers as well as a water well was constructed for the residents there.