The enterprising men of East Canje, Berbice
Ravindra Premsukh and his wife, Haimwatie Rampersaud
Ravindra Premsukh and his wife, Haimwatie Rampersaud

ANIL Datt Persaud is doing his utmost to provide extra after-school lessons for learners in his community, even if it requires renting a bottom flat specifically for that purpose.

The 40-year-old is a teacher attached to Berbice Educational Institute and a Pastor of Kingdom Mission Church.

He has been in the noble teaching profession for the past 11 years, but his true calling is ministering to the people, and he creates the perfect balance of teaching and ministering.

Ravindra Premsukh displays his products

Persaud has been practising a leadership role in the church for the past 12 years and was drawn to the word of God because he wants to make a difference in the lives of people by spreading the gospel.

He is big on his purpose in life and will do whatever it takes to ensure that he fulfils his role in the church and school.

Persaud wasn’t always a teacher and a pastor. He worked at Guysuco as a Field Supervisor for 10 years before he embarked on his pastoral journey.

For his after-school lessons in East Canje, Berbice, Persaud has 35 learners on roll and he teaches Mathematics, Technical Drawing, Integrated Science, Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

Persaud reported that he resides in the church compound and doesn’t have the space for the extra lessons. He was forced to rent the bottom flat of a two-storey house nearby.

He originally started his spiritual journey at Grace Pentecostal Church and he is from Adelphi Village.

Anil Datt Persaud with a student, Aarav Persaud

Of the students present at his extra after-school lessons that day, the team visited was Aarav Persaud, 14, whose mother permitted him to speak.

He stated that he was a slow learner in Mathematics and attending the lessons gave him that extra boost and he has improved significantly.

He has been taking the extra lessons since he was in Form Two and he is presently in Form Three and is doing way better academically.

The teacher/pastor told the Pepperpot Magazine that he started the extra lessons because there was great need for them and it is his way of contributing to society.

The Crab Enterprise
Ravindra Premsukh and his pregnant wife, Haimwatie Rampersaud, started out a small business jointly with a relative. However, they were doing well until the relations were severed.

Today, the couple are trying to keep their business alive in order to acquire their own house and land to be able to become licensed seafood handlers.

Anil Datt Persaud at his blackboard teaching at his extra lessons (Delano Williams photos)

Premsukh told the Pepperpot Magazine that he had to scale down his business considerably and is barely surviving.

He explained that it is a royal run around to get his seafood licence and there are so many challenges, but he wants to do the right thing to have a legal business.

Premsukh added that he has been clutching at straws for the past nine months and even had to give away some of his freezers because nothing is happening for him in terms of business with so many stumbling blocks in his path.

He pointed out that he drives and sells crab meat, fish, kreteah, prawns and shrimp already cleaned, filleted and packaged.

The small-time businessman noted that he is renting a house in Second Street, Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice and has other bills to pay, so being idle is not an option at this time.

His wife is heavily pregnant and she is the mother of two and they have to press on to reclaim their small business to be self-employed.

Delano Williams photos saved in a folder in Graphics as Reliance Settlement in January 24, 2023.

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