–commissions walkway connecting two streets

HE Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee (SILWF), an entity created by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to cater to the needs of sugar workers, last Thursday officially opened a concrete walkway connecting two streets in Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara.

The new walkway will now make it easier for schoolchildren especially to navigate the neighbourhood on their way to and from school.
Before this walkway was built, children had to take longer routes to their destination, walking through unoccupied lots to get to school. The community recognized the imminent danger of this situation, and channelled its concerns to the SILWF Committee, which agreed that something needed to be done, and commissioned the creation of the walkway.
First Lady, Mrs. Deolatchmee Ramotar is chairperson of the SILWF Committee, and according to fellow committee member Mr. Carvil Duncan, who officiated at the ceremony, the First Lady was instrumental in the decision to build the walkway.
Duncan congratulated the community on acquiring a new walkway, and urged that the walkway be taken care of.
According to SILWF Committee member Mr. Jairam Petam, who also spoke at the ceremony to commission the new walkway, GuySuCo gives G$500 to SILWF for every tonne of sugar exported; hence he encouraged the community to join forces with GuySuCo, because if the company exports more sugar, the SILWF would have more money to spend on the communities they support.
Also present at that ceremony was Mr. Jankie Persaud, a former committee member of SILWF; Ms. Kavita Bishun, an Administrative Manager; and the builder of the walkway.

(By Jimmy Roos)