THE Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council of Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice), last week wrapped up the distribution of $8M in hampers for those who had suffered inconvenience and loss due to recent flooding in some areas of the region.Region 5 Information Officer Sandie Samantha-Ross, disclosed that the final batch of beneficiaries comprised residents of the West Coast Berbice villages of Armadale, Bush Lot, Golden Grove, Lovely Lass, Union, Trafalgar and Tempie Villages (GLUTT Villages) and Onverwagt.
Seventy-five persons received hampers consisting of rice, flour, sugar, salt, milk powder, cooking oil, margarine, black-eyed peas, red beans, and other foodstuff; and washing supplies, including soap powder, laundry soap, Jeyes Fluid and bleach which had been bought and packaged by the CDC.
The distribution centres were the Union/Naarstigheid Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Office in Bush Lot, the Union Community Development Council (CDC) at Union Village, the Wash Clothes Stelling and Biaboo in the Mahaica Creek.
Samantha-Ross said last week’s distribution of hampers to flood-affected persons brought to 851 the final tally of persons granted flood relief within the region. All the beneficiaries, she said, were persons whose names had been submitted as eligible recipients by the NDCs responsible for the areas in which they live.
