Alliance is one of the villages situated in Canal Number Two. It is a small village with approximately 200 residents. The people here are not so reserved but interact with each other.
Flowering plants of many different kinds line walkways leading out to the road; it seemed there wasn’t a yard without flowers. A variety of fruits grow in the mile-length backdam and there are some farms there running their last crop of cane, because of the situation at the Wales Sugar Estate. Farmers said they are not sure what they will plant next.
Nadia Ramdhanny was in the company of her granddaughter when the World Beyond Georgetown stopped by. The former Supply resident has been living in Alliance for almost 20 years. She rears a few fowls and ducks. She also reared meat birds for sale, but has not done so since last year though she plans to continue shortly.
Ramdhanny said she enjoys the service of the “mobile shops” as many call the grocery vans, which traverse the village. She passes the day doing chores, rearing her poultry and planting the yard. When asked about her neighbourhood she said, “I live here so much years and never hear two neighbours quarrel. I find the area that I’m living in to be quiet and peaceful. I find the neighbours here very friendly.”
She wishes though, that the road could be fixed and said that the village needs a better drainage system.
Debbie Boodhoo was shopping from the grocery van when we caught up with her. She moved to the village only six years ago from Philadelphia on the West Coast Demerara.
“For me, moving here was difficult at first. I accustom going to the Parika Market on Sundays to buy my vegetables. The greens van pass here often but I prefer travel to the Vreed-en-Hoop Market to
