Church makes substantial donations to CDC

THE RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION Jesus Christ of The Latter-Day Saints recently donated
some $40M to the Civil Defense Commission (CDC) to help fight the COVID-19 and the effects
of this year’s heavy flooding
“Lately we have done a few projects and you would recall that since COVID came into play we
had donated $40M to the CDC which saw us giving $20M in food hampers and the other $20M
was given out in the form of PPEs and other things that frontline workers needed for the
execution of their job,” the body’s Director of Communication, Mr. Latchman Bharat, said in an
exclusive with www.aroundtheregions.com.
The church has been donating heavily to assist Guyanese in their troubles, and last year they
donated over $40M to the Government in direct response to help in the fight against the global
pandemic. Bharat said they followed up earlier this year with support to the tune of some $16.5M
to the CDC towards flood relief.
“Additionally, we have some cots (shipped to Guyana) which were requested forming part of the
flood relief donation… we are happy that we are reaching out and helping in a meaningful way”
Bharat said.
Bharat said his religious body eschews partisanship in it support helping both government and
non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Their non-partisanship extends to other faith groups,
including non-Christian religious bodies.
Bharrat recalled his organisation making available part of its house of worship available to
Muslims who were displaced when its mosque was  recently destroyed by fire in the USA.
“We believe in service. Service is our key lesson that has been imbedded in us not only as a
church body but also from our homes. Wherever we can help, we help as it’s the only way that
we know how to serve God. When you serve the people in need you serve God regardless of

which church branch you visit. We firmly believe in service and we do it around the world…we
try our very best to respond. We don’t look at colour, race, creed or kind.”
“We don’t ask you what religion you belong to, we only know one thing and that is
service,” Bharrat said.