Berbice pensioner seeks assistance to rebuild after house crumbles amid heavy winds
A Corentyne pensioner is seeking the public’s assistance after his house collapsed due to heavy winds last week, and he is now forced to seek shelter at a relative.
Sixty-eight-year-old Michael Paddy had been living at his Lot 146 Gibraltar Road, Corentyne house since his boyhood days. He continued living there alone after the passing of his brother four years ago.
Michael Paddy in the house
“I wasn’t at home. It is a good thing I wasn’t in the house, because the house would have fall and kill me,” he said.
He is hoping for a better house, but currently he is not in a position to fix the house, being a pensioner. “I need someone to help me,” he appealed.
According to Paddy, the house had been leaning, buthe could not afford to provide the needed repairs.
“The breeze does blow heavy in the night, and I would be lying down and sometimes I would be afraid, saying that it would fall with me inside,” he added.
Since the incident, the Guyana Power and Light has disconnected the power supply to the building.
According to the retired labourer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), he is hoping to get assistance to rebuild. He can be contacted on telephone number 691-8688.
