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#8 Village NDC pushing for ...
FROM PAGE X ment in a project in which the central government and the Ministry of Works upgraded 16 streets this year.
She related that spending from their subvention saw the construction of two wooden bridges linking #8 Village with neighbouring villages # 9 and #10.
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The chairperson stated that the community itself conceptualised the multi-purpose building. Still, the project was funded via the Social Impact Amelioration Programme (SIMAP) but, as is, it needs upgrading. It is utilised for events and functions hosted by the locals and is under the NDC’s control.
Nurse added that #8 Vil-
32 part-time workers who get 10 days of work every month and 18 Community Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CIIP) employees who maintain the parapets and drains in the village.
Nurse reported that the NDC also has a flower garden, and the staffers take care of it and try to keep the surroundings clean and tidy.
She disclosed that they intend to install solar street lights in #8 Village, West Coast Berbice, as part of their upcoming project.
The chair reported that they have two tractors, a brand new one with a trailer, but the older tractor/trailer is used for garbage collection in the village every second Wednesday of the month.
She stated that for $300 to benefit from a landline phone service, since from #9 to # 6 don’t have a service.
Nadine Pluck, the farmer Meanwhile, in the same village is the residence of Nadine Pluck, a farmer who recently lost her crops of tomatoes and celery, among other vegetables.
She is replanting new crops and will have to invest in securing seedlings for the undertaking, since it is her only source of income.
Pluck told the Pepperpot Magazine that she has lived most of her life in the vil-
SEE PAGE XXVII lage doesn’t have a health centre but the nearest one is located at #7 Village and the villagers would utilise that or go to the Fort Wellington Hospital.
She disclosed that #8 Village, West Coast Berbice, has per barrel and $200 per salt bag, the residents would often clean up their immediate surroundings.
Nurse pointed out that there is a need for the community centre ground to be upgraded and for the village
