By Navendra Seoraj

CANADIAN-BASED charitable organisation, Three Rivers Kids’ Foundation, is looking to increase the amount of support it offers to Guyanese children with medical complications.According to a release, President and Founder of the foundation Jeanette Singh, along with the Office Manager of the Guyana Office Lita Gayadin recently met with Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton to discuss ways in which the organisation can collaborate with the Ministry.
“The Foundation is one which is dedicated to helping sick children in Guyana whose parents are too poor to afford medical care. They pay for the medical treatment for children who need to be taken overseas.”
Singh, a registered nurse by profession, expressed particular interest in assisting visually impaired children in Guyana, as well as those with Nephritic Syndrome.
The organisation, registered as a non-governmental organisation in Guyana since February 2008, has to date assisted approximately 150 children with severe medical conditions such as brain tumors and congenital heart conditions.
The founder indicated that currently, the organisation only sends children to be treated in India, due to the quality and cost of health care there.
However, they are looking to have that mandate changed so that they can pay for Guyanese children to be treated right here in their homeland, once the facilities and expertise are available.
This notion was welcomed by Minister Norton, who expressed gratitude to the organisation for the work it has been doing in Guyana. He assured them of his full support for their endeavour to help sick children receive medical treatment.
The Three Rivers Kids Foundation will be sending four Guyanese children to India for surgery in April 2016.