Dear Editor,
IT is with great enthusiasm that I write to you to express my gratitude and satisfaction with the Government of Guyana regarding the Because We Care and School Uniform Cash Grant initiatives. Speaking from personal experience, such initiatives are geared at helping parents provide for their children so that they can excel academically and they usually help a great deal.
One of the things that I must stress on is the fact that the Because We Care initiative is one that is tailor-made for parents at this time. The $15,000 would go a long way in helping kids have access to the resources which they need to keep up-to-date with their schooling. In addition, parents are able to get another form of relief with regard to school uniforms as the School Uniform Cash Grant of $4,000 will help offset such expense. The PPP/C Government should be applauded for reintroducing these grants since they are critical especially at this time.

Further, Guyanese should condemn all the negative narratives which are being created by the APNU+AFC regarding these two grants. It is important for everyone to realise that with the reintroduction of the Because We Care and School Uniform Cash Grant initiatives, about 172,000 children across Guyana will benefit from a total in excess of $3.2 billion which was allocated. This is in keeping with the PPP/C’s 2020 election promise. The Coalition should in no way, shape or form, criticise the reintroduction of these cash grants because they will benefit each and every child in the public school system. Everyone will gain. There should not be anything negative about that.
One must ask the critical questions on why the Coalition continues to oppose progress and development for the people of Guyana. In fact, it was the APNU+AFC Coalition who stopped the Because We Care cash grant initiative when they took office in 2015. It was as a result of their actions that our kids were robbed of billions just so that they could have more money at their disposal to spend on refreshment and meals totalling approximately $1.8 billion.

Yours sincerely,

Alvin Hamilton