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….. 3% of $1.2B revenue spent on administration costBy Rabindra RooplallAs Food for the Poor (FFTP) continues to assist the less fortunate in society the organisation is looking at expansion since the Festival City Complex where the organisation’s head office is located has serious space constraints,Cheap Jerseys From China, according to Executive Director Leon L. Davis.Davis said that FFTP is focusing on empowerment for 2011-2012 and needs more storage space since there is now a certified accountant to ensure accountability in auditing to ensure goods and services are delivered in a transparent manner.He also requested that persons support the organisation in its fund raising events since this month a new section of FFTP called “donor relation department” has opened and this organ will seek assistance from persons to support the organisation in its activities.The Executive Director said for 2010 more containers and donations were received by Food for the Poor (FFTP) to assist with its outreach programmes.Noting that this year a hostel was opened for girls at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Highway which cost $7.1M to construct, Mr Davis said that this month a new village comprising 50 houses, 50 sanitation blocks, a community centre, and a school was constructed at Capoey on the Essequibo Coast. Adding that to a long list of works in which Food for the Poor has invested,Wholesale China Jerseys, Davis said that a woodmizer sawmill was also constructed for Amerindians who are involved in logging at Siriki, Pomeroon.And at Mainstay on the Essequibo Coast a poultry project is underway, producing 2000 chickens. And the same was done for Capoey where there is a computer centre that is being powered by solar energy.The largest chicken project is at the New Amsterdam Prison, while there were chicken rearing programmes arranged by FTTP in Ann’s Grove, Kuru Kururu and other villages.He said that for this year for the government maternity clinics,NFL Jerseys Supply, FFTP is paying strict attention to newborns. “From the time they are born we are going to make sure they are properly clad. We have gifts for them and a package for the children that contains cereals, milk and baby foods to assist the parent with their newborn baby…This is a programme that started in Suddie Hospital in Essequibo.“We are moving to Bartica, Linden,Cheap Jerseys, Skeldon,NFL Jerseys Authentic, New Amsterdam and other clinics around the country.”Noting that there is need for more feeding programmes in schools, the Executive Director of FFTP said that another project that was done was “Angels of Hope Programme” in which eight homes hold 250 children that are being cared for every month.The homes are Camal Home International at Albion, Corentyne, Berbice; Save R Kids at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara; Bright Horizon Family Home at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara ; St. John’s Bosco Boys Home at Plaisance, ECD; Mahaica Children’s Home at Mahaica, ECD; Joshua House at Thomas Street,NFL Jerseys From China, South Cummingsburg; Bless the Children Home at Industry Front, ECD; and Ruimveldt Children’s Home at Freeman Street,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, East La Penitence.Mr Davis explained that FFTP care for the children on a monthly basis and each child has a donor residing in the United States while they are given money for school uniforms, birthdays, and Christmas parties. The children also travel to the city for a day of fun and frolic.He also noted that in this computer age the FFTP is supporting the One Laptop Per Family programme by importing computer training sets which are made up of six pieces, five being for the students and one for the teacher.Schools out of Georgetown will be targeted since these facilities are lacking there. He explained that the programmes started in 2007-2008 and the computer system is comprised of five computers which are interconnected and one part for the teacher who will be teaching the students.Acknowledging that sports bring youths together, Mr. Davis said that FFTP is looking intensely at cricket, other games and sports in far flung areas.“We already have six villages that we are looking into to form cricket teams to have competitions amongst themselves, which will bring them together and they will get a better appreciation for what happens in each different village and place.”He also noted that for the sporting event, a trophy would be named after “Judy Roetheli” whose husband is the largest donor to FFTP in Guyana. He said Government agencies such as Schools, Hospitals, Clinics, Prisons, Guyana Police Force scouts, church groups, FFTP committees and other institutions benefit from the organisation’s benevolence.Noting that lots of school furniture were brought in for schools, Davis said that exercise books, pens, pencils, library books and computer training sets were made available for children to upgrade themselves.Cricket gear, footballs, basketballs and volleyballs, were donated for recreational purposes for the poor environments; wheelchairs are brought in free of charge to give to those recommended for them. |
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