Several housewives who lost their husbands following mining accidents in the goldfields of Guyana, though at their wits’ end as regards their future, are determined to take care of their children’s welfare.
The fatalities in the mining districts across Guyana have been increasing over the years and in many cases, the dead men have left dependent families behind.
Denise Vieira, whose husband 49-year old Charles Anthony Simon died on the spot last October when a tree fell on him in the
