Beharry donates over $6M to CDC for hurricane relief
The Beharry Group of Companies through the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday donated over million worth of food supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) as relief to be sent to Caribbean countries affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
The donation was made by Chairman of the Beharry Group of Companies, Edward Anand Beharry to the CDC Director, Chabilall Ramsarup at the PSC boardroom, Waterloo Street, Georgetown.
Executive Director of the Public Sector Commission (PSC), Elizabeth Alleyne; Beharry Group of Companies Chairman, Edward Anand Beharry; Vice Chairman of the PSC, Desmond Sears; and Director General of CDC, Retired Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup at the handing over, which was held in the boardroom of PSC on Waterloo Street
The corporate member of the PSC made the donation following a meeting with the Commission and the Government of Guyana.
The donation is of 33,000 pounds of food valued at $5 million along with a donation from Sterling Products Limited of 382 metric tonnes of cleaning supplies valued just under $2 million.
According to Beharry’s Chairman, his almost 82-year-old company was ready to answer the call of PSC to give the much needed assistance to the affected Caribbean countries.
Beharry remarked that the donation, even though large cannot do much given the scale; however, “If called on again, we will certainly make additional donations.”
The Chairman however expressed satisfaction with the present donation and noted “it certainly is a start and we are proud to be a part of the PSC to contribute towards this initiative.”
“We have 85 tonnes of stuff to move and we have one little problem that is the moving of the stuff. We were disappointed this afternoon when we were told by a company that they cannot be of assistance any longer by lending us an aircraft to move the supplies. We are currently working out other means to have the supplies moved to those islands because if we take another two weeks to get the stuff there, it might not mean anything, so the fastest that we get the humanitarian assistance, it is always best in a disaster,” the Director explained.
He added however that another member of the PSC has promised to lend a boat to the CDC to deliver supplies to the affected Caribbean countries.
PSC Chairman, Desmond Sears said that logistics are always a problem, and as such, called on other companies to come on board to lend assistance to have the supplies transported.
