GRC extends helping hand to fire victims

Eleven families whose homes were destroyed in fires have received assistance from the Guyana Relief Council (GRC).
According to a press release on Tuesday, with the aim of providing basic necessities to the families who were struck by disastrous fires which rendered them homeless, the GRC provided hampers to the head of each individual family.

In all, 47 persons benefited from the hampers that the GRC provided to the families that lived on the East and West Bank of Demerara, West Coast of Demerara, in Georgetown and in Berbice.
The Relief Council was established in 1986 and is mandated to address disasters in Guyana, relying mostly on volunteers and with a very minimal budget. It has reportedly catered for 32 families –128 persons total – who were affected by fire and 16 welfare families comprising in total 45 persons since the beginning of the year.