Georgetown: The homeless shelter at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice is complete, but commissioning hinges on remaining works to the facility’s environs. It was scheduled for a commissioning on May 3 this year during the visit Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic Elías Jaua Milano.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon told reporters at his post-Cabinet media briefing recently that much of the attention is now on the preparation of the roadway, farms and other elements.
“It (the shelter and its environs) is quite a considerable enclave, acres on acres and the intention was to really make it a showpiece during the commissioning exercise,” Dr. Luncheon explained.
Constructed on 7.30 acres of land, the US$2M shelter is named the Hugo Chávez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration after the late Venezuelan president who was instrumental in providing funding for the facility. The centre has as its main objective providing refuge for the destitute in Guyana.
Built to accommodate males and females in separate dormitories, accommodation for a resident doctor and nurse, the facility contains blocs for medical facility, a mess hall and kitchen, training room/conference hall and a recreation centre.
Transportation, medical assistance and treatment, toiletries, clothing, and meals will all be provided for the occupants at the centre including training programmes that set out to reintegrate them into family life and society.
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