GuyExpo: What’s in it for the women of Moraikobe?

By Stabroek News On In Business |
The women of Moraikabai show off a giant cassava bread and an assortment of Amerindian beverages at GuyExpo XV
The women of Moraikabai show off a giant cassava bread and an assortment of Amerindian beverages at GuyExpo XV

For the past ten years a determined group of women have been journeying by boat, tractor and trailer, truck and Canter to Georgetown and to GuyExpo. These women are from Moraikobe and their mission is exposure for their products in a market that far exceeds any other to which they have access.

Moraikobe is the only Amerindian settlement in Region Five. It is situated in the upper Mahaicony River – 10 km or 6 miles up according