Mashabo families benefit from Food for the Poor hampers

Mar 16, 2021 News

The distribution exercise at Mashabo.

Kaieteur News – A food-hamper distribution exercise, which was hosted by Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc. last Friday, has benefitted 110 families who live in the remote indigenous community of Mashabo.
Mashabo is located some three miles inland from the Essequibo Coast in Region Two and is separated from the Huis’t Dieren community by the Iritibisi Lake.
According to a Food for the Poor spokesperson, the initiative was part of the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to provide vulnerable families with a safety net to cushion the socio-economic impact of the pandemic.
Kaieteur News was told that each family benefitted from a comprehensive hamper of a month’s supplies, which consisted of essential food items such as milk, rice, flour, oil, sugar beans, etc. Also included were cleaning supplies and toiletries.
Reports are that the organization has been actively providing assistance to at-risk and vulnerable families since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. To date, the organization has provided comprehensive hampers to 292 families. The first 182 families had received hampers once per month for three months. Additionally, the organization has continued to provide short term relief packages to families. Just recently, some 600 families from the Kwakwani and Ituni communities benefited from the distribution of these hampers. Other families are also provided with food support through their community partners in Region Two and across the country.
Andrea Benjamin, Senior Project Manager, stated that the organization remains committed to assisting at-risk and vulnerable families here in Guyana. She emphasized that their efforts to provide relief to these families during these challenging times, is in keeping with the mandate and objectives of the organization.

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