Melanie Damishana striving for residential opulence

Oct 14, 2013 News

The community of Melanie Damishana, ECD is once again beginning to look like the posh residential area it was intended to be, thanks to a group of citizens who have come together with the aim of returning the village to the pride of the East Coast of Demerara.
With the backing of the community’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), the group’s efforts are already beginning to bear fruits.
Street signs have been erected and parapets and drains are being cleared. There are also several other initiatives that are soon to take off that will redound to the benefit of the entire community especially the young people.

Residents of Melanie Damishana brave the rains to clean up their community.

Henry Lewis, the Secretary of the steering committee that is overseeing the projects, explained that following discussions among members, several plans were put forward and approved.
These include a homework centre for the children of the community, agriculture and the environment and empowering persons to be self sufficient within the economic realm.
“We are engaging the NDC because the Chairman is part of the committee. But the thing is one has to look after one’s environment regardless of if you pay rates. It’s your pride, it’s your community…this is our way of demonstrating to our children that they need to keep the community clean,” Lewis declared.
According to Lewis, the committee has a plan to engage individual homeowners in the community in order to synchronise the cleaning activity and he was happy to report that there has been a positive response so far.
He said that the residents decided that they will not wait for those saddled with the responsibility of maintaining the communities to come in whenever they feel like.
“We sat many years waiting and look at the condition of all the roads in this place. How long more must we wait?” Lewis asked.
He expressed thanks to the companies who donated some of the street signs.