A disaster response training exercise being conducted by the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRSC) will benefit some 2,500 residents (500 families) in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
The communities that will benefit from the programme are Imbotero and Smith’s Creek (Barima River) in Region 1; Kaiburi and Friendship (Pomeroon River) in Region 2; Crane and Meten-Meer-Zorg (West Coast Demerara) in Region 3; Albouystown, Lodge and Ruimveldt in Region 4; and Moraikobai in Region 5.
According a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, First Aid and Occupational Health Safety (OHS) Coordinator of the GRSC De Vaugh Lewis said the programme was in response to the severe damage done to housing, livestock, farms and cash crops following the
