Berbice NGO receives funding for tilapia farm, magazine

Sahaboob Yassin (left) hands over the cheque for the magazine publication to SFCD Head Alex Foster. Looking on (centre) is US Ambassador Brent Hardt

Two cheques totalling close to $2 million from Food for the Poor and overseas-based Guyanese donor Sahaboob Yassin were handed over to the St Francis Community Developers (SFCD) on Monday.

The cheque from Food for the Poor will go towards the construction of ponds for the second tilapia-rearing project in Region 6, under the Shining Star Community Development (SSCD) at Limlair village, Corentyne. Some 8,000 tilapia