‘We take pride and joy serving Guyanese’

By Indrawattie Natram

SMILES and Joy were seen of countless mothers’ faces in Region Two and Region Three when the “Mommy and Me” project reached out to them. Over 50 mothers received hampers compliments of the non-profit organization.

According to the Founder of the Mommy and Me Project, Jean Nurse, she is happy to partner with the Suddie Public Hospital and the Oscar Joseph Hospital in Charity to assist the mothers. Nurse said that it has been four consecutive years the organisation has been reaching out to mothers in Guyana.

At the presentation ceremony held at the Suddie Public Hospital last Wednesday, Nurse said the donations were made possible through the kindness of families, friends and well-wishers,

“We started packing things for Guyana seven months ago. Many persons would drop off things to make this project possible. We are basically focusing on things that will benefit a newborn and the mothers such as baby feed, clothing, joys, baby wipes and pampers,” Nurse said.

When asked what prompted her to do what she is doing, Nurse joyfully said her mother. She said she is lucky to have Guyanese parents who believed in charity. She said her mother always encouraged her to give back to her birth country and as such the project was planned.

Nurse said she is happy to have her siblings accompanying her on the project. She said that she is also happy to see the joy on the mothers’ faces. Nurse said she will continue the project and every year she tries to increase the number of mothers in which the organisation reaches out too.

Tinika Norton a mother from Charity expressed profound gratitude to the organisation for the gifts she received. She said she is happy that she was at the hospital at the time the bags were given out. Another bubbly mother, Christina Jeffery, said she is happy. She delivered a baby boy Thursday afternoon at the hospital. Other mothers who were in the ward at the Suddie Public Hospital also received bags consisting of baby items and clothing.