RCGC conducts Bartica collaborative outreach; 1st project for new Rotary yr
The Club also offered eye testing through the Health Bridge initiative
The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) has successfully completed its first community project for the new Rotary year 2025-2026 in Bartica Region Seven.
In a press release, the RCGC noted that on Saturday, July 19, the Club collaboratively took the Project Health Bridge Initiative to the Bartica Community Centre, providing a range of health services to residents including Eye testing, Medical Consultation, Diagnostic Testing, Blood Donation, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) screening and Dental Hygiene kits.
Through the Health Bridge Initiative, citizens have been benefiting from free health services based on the National Healthcare Vouchers provided by the Ministry of Health, and by extension, the Government of Guyana, it said.
Team of volunteers – Project Health Bridge, Bartica
More than 150 residents of Bartica showed up for health services during the outreach.
According to the President of the Rotaract Club of the University of Guyana (UG), Vishal Roopnarine, Project Health Bridge was launched by his Club last year with the aim of conducting outreaches to communities across Guyana, providing health services based on the National Healthcare Vouchers.
The initiative, which will be taken to all ten administrative regions of Guyana, has already seen the distribution of almost 500 vouchers.
The Bartica collaborative outreach also included representatives of the Ministry of Health, The Rotaract of Club of UG, Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc., Da Silva’s Optical, New Vision Health Care, and other and corporate sponsors.
Service Projects Director of the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central, Keisha Chung advised that her Rotary Club was the lead sponsor of the Bartica leg of Project Health Bridge, which saw several Rotarians attending and functioning in various supportive roles. She stated that her Club has more community projects in the pipeline this Rotary year for several communities including Moblissa, New Amsterdam, West Ruimveldt and Sophia. Under the Rotary theme: “Unite for Good”, the new Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central was installed July 7, with its focus on continuing ongoing Projects of the Club, and collaboratively conducting new ones relating to mental health, youth empowerment, education and the elderly
The Rotary year 2025-2026 began July 01.
