The National Task Force Commission (NTFC) for the Rehabilitation, Restoration and Renewal of Guyana is planning to embark on an exercise later in the year to relocate the homeless, addicts and mentally ill from the streets, according to Chairman Major General (rtd) Joseph Singh.
“Now that the Hugo Chavez Centre at West Berbice is up and running, they [therapists and psychiatrists] will be working very closely with the Ministry of Social Protection to see to what extent persons can be relocated there,” Singh told a press conference last Friday, when he gave an update on the NTFC’s work.
“We also have the Phoenix House dealing with the rehabilitation of addicted persons and other agencies like the Night Shelter for those who need a proper place rather than living on the pavement,” he added.
