Massy launches voucher programme for domestic violence survivors

Massy’s Assistant Vice President and Head of the Group’s Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Steering Committee Christpen Bobb-Semple (third, from left) and Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud (third, from right) along with other officials at the launch of the company’s voucher programme on Friday (Department of Public Information photo)

Massy Group Guyana on Friday launched a grocery voucher programme to benefit 100 women in domestic violence situations.

The initiative, which is being done in partnership with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, would see each woman receiving a $15,000 grocery voucher that would be redeemable at any of Massy’s five stores, located at Providence, Turkeyen, Ruimveldt, Montrose and Vreed-en-Hoop.

The launch was done at the company’s distribution headquarters at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.