Sixty-five miles south from the capital city lies one of the larger housing schemes in Guyana: Amelia’s Ward, Linden. The Linden-Soesdyke Highway runs through this community dividing it into two main sections: South and Central Amelia’s Wards with a population of 10,000 residents.
Amelia’s Ward has moved from being a forested area with a few squatters living in shacks, and no roads, electricity or potable water, to an extensive community.
Sitting on the veranda of her two-storey house, 68-year-old Marvin Glasgow recalled the days of constructing her Lot 181 Residence in South Amelia’s Ward, one of the first sections established in