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nate plots of land for the resource centre and a recreational park since there are no such facilities in that part of the country and they have to commute via boats to the closest central point in Parika.

Life is certainly not a ‘a walk in the park’ for these people, who often endure a lot of hardships on their farms, which are flooded, and invaded by wild animals, diseasesand pests.

Bonasika Creek is a major agriculture community. The current administration recognised the need to boost and upgrade the drainage and irrigation network to ensure maximum food production and reduce flooding incidents by digging canals on individual farms.

The Ministry of Agriculture, in partnership with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI)

Mole Island

It is located in the creek, a tributary opposite Lower Bonasika and it was said to be built during the Dutch rule as the place where the men stayed to construct a bond to erect a 10-door koker.

Back then, it had a dam connected to the High-Level Canal to Parika and the Dutch drove and walked until manual labour was used with shovels to dig a canal separating both sides of Bonasika from Mole Island. is lending support to the farmers and they have been gifted fertilisers, drugs and seeds to re-plant since the las flood.

Mole Island is a man-made island built by the Dutch and after that 10-door koker began to undermine rapidly and it was condemned and a five-door koker was constructed to reduce flooding and boost the drainage and irrigation network.

Today, the 5-door koker is still in operation and it is the major attraction for both locals and visitors, who would fish and have a picnic at the area which is backgrounded by a vast savannah.

The locals have benefitted from the government’s cash grant of $100,000 per farmer and the $25,000 per household grant as well.

The people of Bonasika Creek are very thankful for the government’s intervention during their time of need and is willing to work with both the public and private sector to maximise food security and production.

Bonasika Creek is a community that goes on for miles and it is about 10 to 15 miles from Parika, East Bank Essequibo.