Chinese Embassy, MYO donate hampers to vulnerable groups
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has donated several food and sanitation hampers to the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD).
The 500 hampers that were distributed by the Muslim Youth Organisation
Deputy Chief of Mission at that Embassy, Chen Xilai in handing over the hampers to the recipients, related that COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to the whole world.
“Our disabled Guyanese friends are the most vulnerable and are affected badly. We share a common destiny, so I can feel your pain. The Embassy has long been pursuing providing assistance to the Guyanese people within its capacity. It is ready to work with Guyana and overcome the current difficulties together”, he said.
Chairman of the GCOPD, Cecil Morris expressed gratitude to the Embassy on behalf of the persons with disabilities and their families.
“The vulnerable group of people lost their daily incomes, and are encountering great difficulty in their survival as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the hampers – containing rice, flour, sanitiser, and many other items – meet their urgent needs,” Morris noted.
The GCOPD is the umbrella body that represents all disability organisations in Guyana.
Early last year, the Chinese Embassy donated US$7000 in equipment to the disability community. The equipment included wheelchairs, white canes for the blind, walkers, and radios.
MYO donation
Meanwhile, the Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana, which is located in Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, distributed 500 food hampers to the poor and needy and vulnerable in Guyana.
According to MYO, the initiative was a result of bringing much-needed aid to help ease the economic hardships faced by COVID-19.
The hampers will be distributed across Guyana, in areas like Wales, Canal No One and Two, La Parfaite Harmonie, Windsor Forest, Leguan, Rose Hall, Port Mourant, Canje, Timehri, Kuru Kuru, Peters Hall and Georgetown.
“Our aim is to provide food hampers to as many as possible as a means of assisting them in providing meals to their families, more so in this Holy Month of Ramadan, where Muslims are commanded to give Zakaat (charity) to the poor and needy as long as they have the required amount of Nisaab”, the statement read.
