Oluatoyin Alleyne

She sits across from me and cheerily talks about her life.

Patrice Douglas is a doctor, but she has not worn her white coat since she completed her internship some years ago.

Classes will resume virtually when the new school term starts on Monday.

Financial constraints forced a teenage Karen Andries-Fable to abandon her secondary school education and opt for learning a trade.

“Sometimes, you know, I would say that everything happen for the best and, you know, that God is in charge.

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.

I had promised myself for some time now to chronicle my pregnancy experience as a first-time mom so that my daughter can have it as a keepsake if she ever one day wants to know the story of her birth.

Rebounding from what she described as a “painful” experience, Carolyn Paul made a quantum leap in her professional life from banking to working with the vulnerable and helping to empower others; the mother of two believes she is right where she was destined to be.

After losing her father to a tragic motorcycle accident, in which he was decapitated, Osiola Gilbert-Chilcott watched her mother go to work to support her seven children.

“I am extremely proud of myself for the woman I have become.

When Beverly Bentham decided that she was going to own her own home, she did whatever it took, including sometimes walking in almost knee-high mud to access the land.

“Well I see she back home now and is like she would be looking at me from underneath, you know.

“I am just trying to put my life back together and move on.

You could say Andy Moore’s Festival City business is a testimonial of his technical know-how as he has built and designed much of what he uses, in addition to making space to teach what he has learnt over more than 50 years.

“Sometimes I get lonely, but I don’t let it bother me too much because for me right now, taking someone is not something I want to do.

Even as a child Joan Ann Edghill-Stuart knew she wanted to work with children.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has an open-door policy and members of the public are not turned away when visiting to ascertain the status of criminal matters, according to Communications Officer Liz Rahaman, who says all is done to help.

“These last few months since the pandemic came to Guyana have really been hard for me.

A chance, somewhat unpleasant encounter with a government official in a hair salon, later became an opportunity for Ayo Dalgety-Dean to start working in the area of child rights in Guyana and today she heads a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is known for working with children, especially those who are sexually abused.

As a boy, Kelvin Fortune witnessed and experienced the struggles his mother endured and at the tender age of 11 he even became her major caregiver when she battled debilitating illnesses.