Dear Editor,
The PPP/C government began disbursing its “Because We Care” Cash Grant and the School Uniform and Supplies Grant for children in the public school system on Thursday July 22,2021 in region #10 which demonstrated the PPP/C Administration’s sincerity towards academic growth of Guyana’s children.
“Because We Care” grant is valued at $15,000 this year and the School Uniform and Supplies Grant is valued at $4,000, amounting to a total of $19,000 for each child in the public education system with consideration is being given to extending the initiative to students in the private school system.
PPP/C has always honored its commitment, Because We Care was a commitment made PPP/C political party to the people of Guyana on the campaign trail. Today it is a reality to the people of region # 10 and every Guyanese, that the PPP/C Government will always honor its commitment to the people of Guyana, will continue to do so over the next four years, fulfilling every promise made on the campaign trail.
After taking office in 2015, the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU-AFC) Government, discontinued the grant the original ‘Because We Care’ project, which the PPP/C in 2014 and displaced thousands of students and parents in the process.
What is applauding here there is no discrimination with the PPP/C Government’s ‘‘Because We Care’ cash grant programme”
Whether you’re African, Chinese, Indo-Guyanese, Amerindian, Portuguese, mixed, or whether you are Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Rastafarian, nothing, or Bahá?í, once your children are in school, they would receive the “ because we care cash grant”.
Every single nursery, primary, secondary age child who’s in a public school, or applied to go to a public school this grant “is for you “.
What is amazing the PPP/C is not limiting we the parent, telling us what we must do and what we mustn’t do with our money and anybody who believes that they know better than we the parents what our children need is someone who’s fooling themselves…this money is for anything that will serve our children. The vision of “because we care cash grant” will take a domino effect, transforming region #10 economy a total of $220 million will be distributed for 11,600 students in Region Ten, representing a significant cash influx in the region’s economy. It will create more finanical wealth for our communities, rebounding the region to create job opportunities, generating growth by putting money in every community.
Our PPP/C Government might not be able to do everything we may want, but they continue to lend support where ever it is needed, this shows all of us as parents that we are having a real partnership, Government and family for the education of our children.
Our President and his Ministers believe in our children, they all believe an educated nation is a nation on its way to development and prosperity, and they believe that the most precious resource in Guyana is neither oil,gold ,bauxite or the forest the most important resource is human resources.
Residents of regions #10 we have all seen so many manifesto promises fulfilled by the PPP/C administion over the past eleven months. While the country is changing rapidly, His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali, in his 2021 budget, outlined massive infrastructure plans and……. over the next four years, when infrastructure is expanded, new opportunities that will be created in all sectors some of which region #10 has already experienced
I am proud to say that President Ali and his PPP/C Government have shown every Guyanese including region #10, how much they all care for the people of Guyana, in every aspect of development, let take a look at what they have done for the people of Guyana and (region #10 at large.)
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C Government has distributed some 3,600 house lots in 2020 to applicants across Guyana; this is more than half of the amount that was distributed by A Partnership for National Unity Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition during their five-year in office. In a recent two days initiative as a part of the PPP/C Dream Realised’ Housing Drive allowing approximately 400 Lindeners closer to owning their own homes when the CH&PA visited the mining town. In addition to the allocations, 144 persons were expected to receive their Certificate of Titles.
The two-day initiative held at the Amelia’s Ward Primary School saw hundreds of Lindeners attending in hopes of being allocated a house lot,there is currently a backlog of 4,000 applications in the system for Linden alone, although Region #10 is not a People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s stronghold, it must be cleared that the PPP/C is working for every residents in region #10 and resident should not resist these opportunities for development. We must all take advantage of these oportunities for sustainable development When you receive these opportunities and you take these opportunities that your PPP/C offer to you, “note” you are not doing us a favour, you are helping yourself to improve and develop your own lives, elevating your standard of living and providing a better future for your children, developing our communities, our Region and our country.
In addition to the allocation drives, CH&PA will commence the construction of 40 houses in a few weeks the realization of the first set of houses that will be constructed as part of the 1,000 homes that President Ali had promised to afford Lindeners before the end of 2021. Clearing of lands for this project has commenced creating widespread job opportunities for Lindeners that skilled workers, such as block makers,can tap into this project.
Relative to house lots, there are systems in place to give allottees the full package when they purchase a house lot. This includes all necessary infrastructure and amenities to live comfortably.
Millions of dollars will be expended to upgrade the water system in Linden to meet the growing population.
The housing drive also gave Lindeners the opportunity interacts with officials and engage representatives from banks and other agencies that are involved in the construction industry.
This has been the PPP/C Government third ‘Dream Realised’ initiative that was rolled out and over 5,000 house lots have been allocated thus far. The goal, the PPP/C government is to allocate 50,000 house lots over the next five years.
How can one ever forget when the COVID- 19 pandemic began to spread in region 10 and across Guyana and people were forced to stay at home, workers were losing their jobs, healthcare system were being stressed, local businesses were at risk of closing permanently and the country was bracing for recession crisis has laid bare the inequities and injustices that threaten people’s well-being, safety, and lives. Amidst these uncertain and challenging times, we were asking and answering: How can the nation respond in the short term to keep all people safe and the economy afloat? The PPP/C Administration then stepped to the plate and answered the questions for residents of Region #10 with the launching of the Government’s COVID-19 relief and support programme, the $25,000 Household Grant. A programme that all Lindeners had embraced which had provided more for many residents, with financial assistance for rent, food and utilities during the ongoing pandemic.
Our economy and democracy would be impossible without an educated, skilled populace, offering 25,000 free On lines scholarship’s all Guyanese must be considered this as a blessing. Our government patient care has become a priority for all stakeholders and health care providers with the overall objective of achieving a high degree of patient satisfaction in region #10 and across this nation, many of us owe our lives- literally — to the government. The greatest advances in longevity are due to public-sanitation measures taken during this Covid -19 pandemic.
Sincerely
David Adams
