CDC sends relief supplies to Mahdia fire survivors

THE Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Monday sent a quantity of relief items to the town of Mahdia, which is currently mourning the loss of several children who perished in a dormitory fire.

According to a press release, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Comfort Sleep, Red Cross, and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) donated a variety of items such as mattresses, food items, sanitary supplies, clothing and care packages.

More supplies are intended for the Region Eight town and will depart the CDC Headquarters at a later date.

Meanwhile, in a statement, the CIOG said that its donation which amounted to $1.5 million included a large quantity of clothing, hand sanitisers, Lysol wipes, soap and footwear.

The organisation expressed hope that the items will be of support to the emergency care and need that is at hand.

A team of senior personnel including the CDC's Director General, Col. Nazrul Hussain, is in Mahdia assessing the situation and is providing support.

the Government Printery to become a salesman for the International Telephone Directory Services. His responsibilities included compiling and printing Guyana's telephone directory.

Nelson's passion for printing led him to rejoin the newly formed Guyana Printers Limited in 1971.

Guyana Printers brought together the Guyana Lithographic Company, the Guyana Chronicle, and the Government Printery.

During that time, Guyana Printers Limited handled the printing of the daily and Sunday Chronicle newspapers, official government documents, books, and even the laws of Guyana.

Additionally, they prepared and printed other newspapers like the Catholic Standard, New Nation, Green Beret, Guymine News, and the Queens College Lictor.

Dennis worked at Guyana Printers Limited until 1975, when the government established Guyana National Newspapers Limited, separating commercial and newspaper printing.

He was chosen to train linotype operators for the newly acquired TTS machines. Later, he was appointed assistant production manager and occasionally acted as the production manager.

In August 1978, Nelson migrated to the United States and began working at R.S. Rosenbaum & Co., Ltd, a financial printing company, where he managed the typesetting and proofreading departments for 21 years. From 2002 to 2008, he owned and published a biweekly Caribbean newspaper called Caribbean Impact Inc. Moreover, from 2016 to 2017, he managed the New York Edition of the Guyana Chronicle.

Throughout his career, he has typeset and edited numerous books for Guyanese, Caribbean, and American authors. He was also selected by the Guyana Cultural Association Folk Festival 2006 awards committee to receive the prestigious Wordsworth McAndrew Award.

In December 2021, Dennis and his wife migrated to Georgia, and he is now a member of the Guyana Association of Georgia (GAOG). He hopes that his book about the people of Guyana will bring pleasure and new knowledge to every reader.