Georgetown: Supporting the less fortunate is one of the philosophies upon which Gafsons Industries was built and with this in mind the company has come to the aid of a blind couple who were in need of a home and those residing at Uncle Eddie’s Home in the City.
The company built a concrete house, valued at more than $2.2 million dollars at Lamaha Park, East La Penitence for Alfred Adolphus Rogers and Brenda Nurse.
“I feel bubbled up inside. Words cannot express my joy. This is a blessing. It is a gift and I am very happy about it. It is a dream come through for me,” Ms. Nurse said upon receiving the keys.
The property is located on a land a family friend gave her sometime back.
The couple, who have two sons, noted that they previously lived in a dilapidated wooden structure that was “uneven and shaky and over water. We were fearful that it would fall anytime.” Years ago Mr. Rogers worked with a contractor on the Gafsons building and hence, they decided to approach Mr. Gafoor for assistance.
“I am very happy for this gift. I did a lot of prayers and I believed that it would happen and now we have the home. We are thankful to Mr. Gafoor,” Mr. Rogers said.
“We were very nervous and uncertain because if he did not help, we would have had to go on the streets to beg to be able to repair the house. So we asked him to help repair it and he asked for an estimate, but the estimate was too costly, so he built us a new house,” Ms. Nurse noted.
Alfred has been blind for ten years and Brenda for seven, both of them due to Glaucoma. They are members of the Guyana Association for the Blind.
The keys to the new home were presented to the couple by Ms. Dione Foo, Administrative Assistant at Gafsons Industries, who noted that such gestures are often made by the company, as its Chairman, Mr. Sattaur Gafoor is always looking to help the less fortunate.
Assisting with support for the senior citizens, Gafsons supported the re-roofing of the main building at Uncle Eddie's Home and constructed another small building for the Home at a total cost of more than $1.3 million. Over the years the company has built several homes for persons in difficult circumstances and supported numerous charitable causes and organizations.
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