Over 200 persons benefit from SEVA/HSS medical outreach at Canal #2 Polder
Non-profit organisations Sewa International Guyana and the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) last Sunday hosted an outreach at Belle West, Canal Number 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD), and more than 200 residents were able to benefit from medical care.
Food hampers, courtesy of Sewa Guyana and HSS
The initiative was held in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which continues to impact the lives of many Guyanese in various communities across Guyana.
Organised by the Sewa, HSS and the Region Health Office, a total of 144 patients were examined and treated, and several were provided with dental services. Also, some 200 food hampers were distributed to the villagers.
Sewa International is a Hindu faith-based, humanitarian, nonprofit service organisation registered under Internal Revenue Code 501 (c) (3). Founded in 2003, Sewa International is part of a larger movement that was started in India in 1989, and is active in twenty countries, including Guyana. Sewa serves humanity irrespective of race, colour, religion, gender or nationality.
Sewa International specialises in disaster relief and rehabilitation. Its development programmes focus on family services; child, tribal and refugee welfare; women’s empowerment; health; and education. In addition to its work in the US, it has undertaken development projects in Colombia, Guyana, India, Kenya, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh is a sister organisation to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which was founded in Kenya in the 1940s. The organisation has since been operating as a non-profit organisation, or NGO, and is currently active in 156 countries. Its estimated 3289 branches provide support and mobilise people who need their help.
It was stated in a report by this publication in October of this year that HSS, in collaboration with Sewa Guyana, donated an oxygen plant to Guyana’s Infectious Diseases Hospital (Ocean View) at Liliendaal, Georgetown. It was reported that the oxygen plant would significantly cut the cost of purchasing oxygen, according to Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony.
These initiatives, carried out by these various non-profit organisations, have greatly aided Guyana during this period of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
