AVIS Isaacs is a talented individual who wears many hats. He has inculcated the very habit in his eight children, who are leading good careers and making strides in society as productive citizens.

He is a resident of Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward, Linden and a politician who aims to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Guyanese.

Isaacs told the Pepperpot Magazine that he has been living in the village since 1998 and he is originally from Canal #1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.

He related that when his mother passed away, he was 14 years old, and he ended up in Linden with an uncle to learn skills training and used to reside in One Mile, Wismar, Linden.

The father of eight stated that his father was a boat builder and as a boy he learned the trade and had knowledge of construction and wanted to broaden his scope in that field to become self-employed.

Over the years, he has mastered the art of construction and began doing different things to earn, including bee and chicken rearing, farming and politics.

At his home, he has some chicken pens rearing meat birds and layers. He also does some construction from home; when the team visited, he was making some bee hives.

Isaacs has a farm at Bamia, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, where he has his coconut cultivation and a farm at Moblissa for an apiary and six hives for his bees.

The honey harvested is bottled and sold to shops in the community for retail purposes with his own brand name, Avis and Troy Honey Produce.

Isaacs told the Pepperpot Magazine that he keeps going because he is aware of his purpose and is now bouncing back from mourning following the sudden death of his wife in February this year.

He added that he would sell his chickens to wholesale suppliers in the community and he formed his own political party, New Horizon Movement in 2012.

Isaacs also serves as a counsellor in his community. He often gives advice and moral support to just about anyone in need and may be experiencing many difficulties in life.

His aim in the political arena is to become the mayor and lead the community and people toward development.

“In this life you have to make yourself marketable and I have engrained that in my children and they are doing the most of academics. I have two sons, a Captain and a Corporal in the army, another son, who is an educator in Barbados, a daughter, who is geologist, another daughter, who is a doctor in Mabaruma, another girl, a teacher in Linden,” he said.

He stated that all his children compete to become all they can be career-wise and he is proud of them and their achievements.

Gen Isaacs, the young teacher
Gen Isaacs, a young teacher attached to Blueberry Hill Nursery School, told the Pepperpot Magazine that becoming a teacher wasn’t her first career choice. Still, it was her motivation for children that led her down that path.

She disclosed that she wanted to become an Optician, but financially, she could not pursue that career and decided to become a teacher until she could realise that dream.

The 27-year-old said she began assisting children in her village with their homework and became drawn to teaching.

Isaacs noted that she is a student at the University of Guyana (UG) reading for her Bachelor’s Degree in Education and, in the near future, she will become an eye doctor.

This young lady is optimistic about life and what it has to offer and will waste no opportunity in getting herself qualified.

“I am in charge of 17 small children and I enjoy it, playing my role as an educator and giving back to the community feels rewarding indeed,” she said.