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Kaieteur Newspaper

Monday July 16, 2007

Humanitarian Mission 2007

gets underway at Port Mourant

GAY PARK, GREATER NEW AMSTERDAM – Humanitarian Mission 2007 got started last week with the Alpha Home at Gay Park, on the outskirts of New Amsterdam. The event saw representatives donating a quantity of items to various organisations.

The project is being conducted by the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Inc. in collaboration with the Guyana Central Arya Samaj and the Berbice Central Arya Samaj. Heading the venture is Pandit Suresh Sugrim of New Jersey .

He said his undertaking is intended for the benefit of all. “We are committed to improving the quality of life and living for the less fortunate in our communities. These have been left out and left behind due to the cruel hands of poverty today.”

Founder of the Alpha Home, Esther Bruyning, expressed her thanks to the group and explained that they depend on the benevolence of others.

The Home has been in operation for 17 years, and with its three branches, caters for 21 children between the ages of two and 22. At present UNICEF is funding a brick-making project that helps to sustain the Home.

The New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Inc. was founded 20 years ago. A local chapter was established at Williamsburg , Corentyne on July 4 last.

Dr. Ramesh Sugrim is the President of the Williamsburg chapter; Pastor Errol Inshanally, Vice President; Public Relations Officer, Pandit Kamal Dhanesar; and the Treasurer is Parbattie Sugrim.

Starting today, the team would be out distributing school items on the Upper Corentyne at the Skeldon Arya Samaj.

Tomorrow, the venue will be the Port Mourant Arya Samaj; July 18, the group would make yet another donation, this time to the children in New Amsterdam and Canje communities.

The final presentation would be on July 19 at Pandit Kenneth Kirpal's residence at Johanna North, Black Bush Polder.

Last weekend persons in the West Demerara/Essequibo and some areas along the East Coast of Demerara were the beneficiaries.

Last year, the Humanitarian Mission saw approximately 3,000 persons in both East and West Coast Berbice, East and West Coast Demerara, Georgetown and Essequibo receiving assistance in many forms to the tune of some $9 million.

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