The East Berbice Life Savers group is appealing to the Ministry of Human Services to augment its counselling and other services aimed at arresting domestic violence, by providing a full-time counsellor, a hotline and a small subvention to help it fulfil its mandate.
In a press release, the group said domestic violence is a cancerous plague, fuelled by deep-seated societal and cultural norms, that continues to destroy the most essential fabric of our society – the family
