Fort Ordnance group tackling developmental issues

DAFO Executive Members: (L to R – Back row) Vice-Chairman Collin Caesar, Chairman Stanley Jacobs and Treasurer Adrian Bess. (L to R – Front) Women’s Welfare officer Rohini Sooklall and Youth Development Officer Glenn Shivrattan

The establishment of a Community Policing Group to help tackle the crime wave in the Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme (East Canje, Berbice) is one of the major accomplishments of DAFO.

Formed in January 2013, the Development Association of Fort Ordinance (DAFO) is a community-based group aimed at developing the relatively new housing scheme economically, socially and environmentally. Thus, from its inception, the group identified several areas on