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Food for the Poor delivers five new homes to Corentyne families
Food for the Poor Guyana on Friday said that it handed over five newly built houses to low income families living in Corentyne, Region Six.
Project Manager of Food for the Poor, Jiya Edward, represented the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the handing over which took place at the St. Francis Community Developers Head-quarters. Edwards stated that the organization was happy to hand over the five houses to the families.
These families range from Kilcoy/Chesney, Albion, Port Mourant and Williamsburg in Corentyne.
She also informed this newspaper that the St. Francis Community Developers Headquarters has been assisting with vetting applications in Region Six and once they are approved, construction will swiftly commence.
In addition to that, she noted that the houses comprise of two bedrooms, a rain harvesting component, and an up to standard lavatory.
Each family also received two beds, a table, a table top gas stove, four chairs and a solar panel. The families consist of 25 children and 10 adults.
Alex Foster, Head of the St. Francis Community Developers Headquarters said that since the NGO’s General Housing Project, they have built 355 homes for residents of Region Six.
He thanked Food for the Poor Inc and everyone else that came on board with the project to make it a success and also made it his duty to enlighten the parents in receipt of these homes that they should try their utmost to ensure their children are properly educated.
He believes that if their living conditions see improvement, this will encourage more effort being placed into bettering themselves and securing their families a happy future. His goal is to equip parents with the ability to be productive citizens who in turn will raise productive citizens of the country.
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