Three Region Eight villages get donation for sport

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai recently handed over a quantity of sporting
equipment to three Potaro/Siparuni (Region Eight) communities to help grow sports in the deep
hinterland communities.
Sukhai gave 12 volleyballs, 12 footballs, 6 goalkeeping nets and 3 volleyball nets for the male
and female teams from Bamboo Creek, Bashville Yawong and Paramakatoi.
Captain of the Paramakatoi Spartan United Football Club, Marcel Simon, welcomed the gifts
disclosing male and female team members need more footballs to continue training.
“I’m going to say thank you very much for the football and the nets and the volleyball that the
Ministry sent for us because most of the times we find ourselves on the field or once a team
comes on the field sometimes, we find ourselves without any football materials. So, I’m very
happy that we received the football and the volleyball net and we are going to continue training
with that football stuff,” an elated Simon said.
During the distribution of the sport equipment Minister Sukhai also distributed a radio set to
Bamboo Creek to be used at the health post. She said it will enhance and improve
communication coming to and from the village.
“This radio should be opened for the use of other villagers when they have to send messages and
when they receive messages for residents and or other people, they must be able to pass the
message on too. So, it will be useful not only for the health office but it will be useful for the
village. We are hoping that you are going to install it and use it so that the concern of you not
having communication in the village will now be resolved,” Sukhai said.
Community Health Worker (CHW), Morrison Kaiser, said the communication equipment is
fulfilment of a long wait.

“It will be beneficial for my health system like in communication. Over the last years we
have asked for communication equipment and I never see it. So, I must thank my Ministry
[Ministry of Health] for this contribution from the Government of Guyana and the
Ministry of Amerindian Affairs,” Kaiser explained.