The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) plans to construct a shelter for women who have survived abusive relationships as well as a home for the elderly.
Representatives of the CIOG met with Human Services Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud to discuss the same on Wednesday.
General Manager of CIOG, Shameena Haniff-Najab revealed that the proposed shelter will be able to accommodate 40 women and their children while the Elderly Home would be able to house 100 residents.
In turn, Minister Persaud congratulated the team for their humanitarian support and pledged her Ministry’s commitment to work with the team to ensure appropriate and successful concept models are adopted to safeguard the welfare of the two vulnerable groups.
“The demand for the Ministry’s services is very high, therefore partnerships like these are critical to the Ministry’s ongoing services and programmes,” Persaud noted.
Accompanying Haniff-Najab to the meeting were Deputy President CIOG, Goolzar Namdar and Joseph Gonsalves and Curtis Hann from Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP), a department within the U.S. Embassy (Guyana).
HAP works closely with CIOG on a number of women’s empowerment projects.
