Despite her professional background, Dhanmattie Sohai likes people to know she is a country girl for whom study, work and volunteerism are key parts of her life.
“Volunteerism means no payment or little payment but you gain enough skills and learn a lot for which you could be paid handsomely later on,” Sohai, 60, who has worked in regional planning, agriculture and non-governmental organisations, tells Stabroek Weekend.
Sohai, who describes herself as a development professional and practitioner, is a long-standing member on the board of managers of the Burn’s Memorial Presbyterian Church, a board member and volunteer of the Guyana Volunteer Consultancy (GVC) for over 15 years and was a board member of the Young Women’s Christian Association for some 10 years.
