Returning to Guyana to teach: A trial and a blessing

“I just want to be a blessing to the children and even to my colleagues. That is all I want to do and of course to collect a salary at the end of the month because we cannot live without money. But for me it is more about being a blessing.”

The words of a sister who returned to this country after many, many years and is now working in the public system as a teacher. For her, the journey to become an employee in her homeland has not been an easy one, but being a woman of faith she chalks it up to another experience to make her stronger.

“It was not easy, it has been almost two years since I came back. And I didn’t come back with any high expectations. I just wanted a job to earn. I was not looking to jostle for a job in any city area because not only I know how difficult that could be but I also wanted to live in a far-flung area.