The Salvation Army has been accused of subjecting the persons being treated in its Drug Rehabilitation Programme to substandard conditions—a claim that manager Major Ulrick Thibaud is denying, while chalking up criticisms to “enemies” of the institution.
Major Thibaud, a Haitian national who has been managing the programme since 2011, says the conditions are decent.
“I would not say that we have a five-star hotel but we have a decent place for people to live,” Major Thibaud told Stabroek News, while saying that the success of the Salvation Army’s programme has been due to the support that has been coming from the Guyanese people.
He said it was the money of the Guyanese people that was used to recently renovate its Water Street Drug Rehabilitation Centre and he added that had it not been for the help of government and other stakeholders the Salvation Army would not have been what it is today.
A source close to the institution recently came forward to highlight the existing flaws and not to embarrass the management.
