River’s View, a riverain community located in Region Ten was told of some of the initiatives to create economically independent communities, when Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe and team visited the community on Monday.
GINA said that Garrido-Lowe observed that the community has vast undeveloped lands which can be used for agricultural purposes and upon inquiring why the lands remain in such a state, the community said that not enough support has been had from government.
Garrido-Lowe told the residents that, “Government will not spoon feed any community… Amerindians need to move away from the culture of always wanting.” As such, she called on the residents to come together, discuss a project that will work for the community, and the Ministry will lend its support.
