A team of volunteers from the Illinois, US Church of the Nazarene on Friday completed a week of rehabilitation work at the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre.
Repairs were done to the badly deteriorating building with the plumbing, fencing and the interior of the building being redone, head of the volunteer group Fred Prince told Stabroek News. He added that a basketball court was also put up for the 60 children who visit the centre after school and on weekends.
Alphonso Porter, who is associated with the head office of the Nazarene church at Queenstown, Georgetown, said that the church decided to assist in the renovation of the centre and the volunteers were brought into the country to assist. The team was expected to leave Guyana on Saturday. The team consisted of
