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Filaria tablet distribution staff still awaiting payment
Dozens of persons who worked with the Ministry of Health, ‘Final boot to big foot’ campaign are saying they are still to receive payment for their services.
The programme was funded by the Inter American Development Bank, and Pan American Health Organisation. It was executed through the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Water Inc.
Some of the disgruntled people who participated in the filaria programme.
Over the past month or so, persons have been walking the streets of Georgetown distributing tablets to persons. Initially persons said they were told that they would have been paid $2,100 for each day they were involved in packaging the tablets. In addition they were promised between $2300 and $2500 for each day they distribute.
In addition, persons were promised a T-shirt, an umbrella and a bag. However when the distribution started in the first week of October the persons said they were told that the T-shirts were not ready.
Subsequent to the official start off date the persons participating in the programme were given their T-shirts and bags only. Some of the participants who turned up at the Palms yesterday for their monies said that every day they worked they were made to use their own money to get to their intended destination. They were also forced to provide meals for themselves each day they worked.
Yesterday, at the Palms the participants said they were told that they will only be receiving $700 for the distribution.
“This $700 that they are giving to us is just part of the money for the distribution and the rest they haven’t told us anything as yet” one participant told this publication.
Another participant said that they were told that a ‘Mr. Rohan’ of GWI was responsible for the other half of the distribution payment. However, they now say that he has been very elusive since they started making enquires about their money.
Some persons said they worked as many as 28 days while others worked for 10, some 15 days.
“All we want is our money; we worked for it and in all fairness they should give us what we earned.”
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