Guyana Project for People with Disabilities Completes its Sixth Phase: Canadian Paraplegic Association

Guyana Project for People with Disabilities Completes its Sixth Phase

John, his wife Ursula, and their daughter Marianne

By David Hinton

Planning for this phase of the project began when we were last in Guyana (February / March, 2008) and was confirmed shortly thereafter with our in-country partner, the National Commission on Disability (NCD).

This phase of the project will deal with Fund Raising and Fund Development utilizing, as the main instructors, the Director of Fund Development for the Canadian Paraplegic Association (CPA), Mr. Robert White, and the Chairperson of the CPA Fund Development Committee, Mr. Edward Joyce. Mr. White apart from working for the CPA also teaches a course on Fund Development at a College in Ottawa. Mr. Joyce up until recently was an elected member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador.

During the last phase of our project we had tentatively set the dates for these seminars as the first week of May; recognizing that May 1^st was a national holiday (Labour Day) in Guyana. This would prove to be a problem as you will read later. We also determined that a short two day seminar would be held in Bartica (in the center of the country) and a full two day seminar in Georgetown. While in Guyana on the last phase of the project I had spoken with the Country Manager of Scotiabank and been advised of a new funding program they were establishing call Bright Futures Initiatives aimed at children. After speaking with Mr. Ricardo McKlmon at Scotiabank he provided me with details of the funding and agreed to make a short presentation to the participants at the seminar in Georgetown...(click here to read on)

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