The United States Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) has completed three projects, including providing logistical support for the training of airport employees on first response, building new sanitation facilities, and donating office supplies to a domestic violence counselling centre.
A press release from the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown stated that on July 27 the HAP team provided logistical support to the final phase of first responder training for employees of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
The training which focused on first aid skills marked the culmination of a collaborative effort between the American International School of Medicine (AISM), the Civil Defence Commission, and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. As a result of the training, the AISM certified 18 airport staff members, better enabling them to handle disasters.
On July 19, the HAP team donated office supplies, including a desk and a filing cabinet, to the Domestic Violence Counselling Centre in Corriverton.
The centre deals with spousal abuse intervention, suicide prevention, and overall counselling of victims.
The staff of the counselling centre was very grateful for the items that will help them in their day-to-day operations to provide counselling to the local community, the release noted.
And on June 27 the HAP successfully completed a sanitation project at Moco Moco Village, Lethem.
The HAP team upgraded sanitation facilities by building a brand new sanitation infrastructure with a new toilet and septic tank.
The village of Techaou and the Moco Moco Primary School will begin using the new sanitation facility at the start of the school year in September.
The U.S. Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), in coordination with the Government of Guyana, other U.S. agencies, and local civic organizations, provides basic humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations in order to avert humanitarian crises, promote democratic development and regional stability, and build local capacity, the release added.
