With the influx of Venezuelans and other migrants into Guyana an international organisation has moved to specifically assist women and girls who are exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) and for whom the language barrier makes reporting it even more difficult.
This is, according to Alex Theran, the Country Director of HIAS, an organisation which was set up in the United States since the nineteenth century. Its head office is in Laluni Street, Queenstown, but HIAS is setting up an office in Bartica and one will also soon be established in Port Kaituma, as, according to Theran, the aim is to reach populations that are further away and where there is no response from other organisations.
