Category: Features

World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Since 1990, World Children’s Day also marks the anniversary…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat When one takes the decision to become a foster parent, they are committing to going all in. They are making an investment in the lives of the children who may come under their care. They are promising to love those children as they would their own and they are committing to providing the best possible quality of life. Children in the system are more often broken and they need fixing. They need to be told that they are worthy of being cared for and worthy of all…

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“Fostering children is a very challenging task, because there is a reminder that there is the possibility that the day might come where you have to let the legal rights of the child go on to somebody else, especially if the biological parents come back into the picture. It is not a definite thing. However, it is an investment and once you love children that erases that doubt, it erases that uncertainty; it makes it all the more worthwhile.” By Lakhram Bhagirat The thing that children crave the most is…

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By Utamu Belle Young, talented Linden deejay Terry Fortune is doing more with his skills than just musically entertaining the crowds. The enterprising young man has developed his deejaying skills into a business for himself, by establishing his very own Marketing Agency. The young entertainer has proven that you can utilize your talents to become marketable and create employment for yourself and others. Fortune, who is well- known as “DJ Terry” started deejaying approximately 8 years ago. While this is a passion which he has nurtured and grown to love,…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Give Another Chance Foundation (GACF) was birthed from the concept of charity begins at home. Though it has been in existence for just over eight years, GACF’s founders have been engaged in charity work for longer than that time. Miranda Thakur-Deen founded GACF to supplement the work she has been doing throughout Guyana. The non-profit, non-governmental organization has a track record for helping to improve the lives of children across the country. GACF is committed to providing basic education from pre-school to university, and healthcare to underprivileged…

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(Extract of a conversation with Laura Johnston Kohl and Jordan Vilchez, Guyana, March 2018, both are back in Guyana on the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown episode. Kohl has already published one book on Jonestown with another forthcoming while Vilchez is preparing two books for young adults.) PP No one book can account for a people’s history. Parts of our history are still stored in diaries and memoires and in foreign archives. However, sometimes we are fortunate to have people who are still alive and in our midst and to…

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The Guyana Golden Lives Organization (GGLO) is inviting you to join in observing Children’s Grief Awareness Day on November 21, 2019. As a not-for-profit organization that provides support to bereaved children in Guyana, GGLO will be organizing a series of activities to draw attention to issues involving childhood loss and the need for special support services for bereaved children. To mark this special day, GGLO invites the members of the public to wear a blue ribbon or item of blue clothing, as this is the colour dedicated to the cause.…

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Ruby Maria Mingo is living proof that age should never be a barring factor on self-advancement. Mingo is an avid WhatsApp and Facebook user and keeps up with the latest social media trends as she goes about her daily life. Born November 8, 1919, Mingo celebrated her 100th birthday in fine style with a grandiose celebration at her Haslington North, East Coast Demerara home. She chose to celebrate her remarkable achievement with family and friends. The high spirited senior citizen is a mother of 11 children, of which eight are…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Pongavanum Munsammy or Auntie Chalma as she is lovingly known was the oldest surviving worker of the Leonora Sugar Estate. On November 03, 2019, at the age of 92 Auntie Chalma passed away. In April of 2018, Sunday Times Magazine published Auntie Chalma’s story. In her memory, we share that story once more: Pongavanum Munsammy or Auntie Chalma as she is lovingly known is a 92 year old former estate worker, who even in her old age, enjoys an active life and is dependent on no one.…

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