Skip Navigation
You Are In: About Us > Programs and Projects > Linden Kids Get School Supplies
Skip Left Section Navigation

Programs and Projects

Close Window A Linden child receives her school supplies from DCM Karen Williams. Others in picture include Mr. Vibert Mingo (center) & Ms. Joy O'Jon (seated at left).
A Linden child receives her school supplies from DCM Karen Williams. Others in picture include Mr. Vibert Mingo (center) & Ms. Joy O'Jon (seated at left).
enlarge photo
A Linden child receives her school supplies from DCM Karen Williams. Others in picture include Mr. Vibert Mingo (center) & Ms. Joy O'Jon (seated at left).
A Linden child receives her school supplies from DCM Karen Williams. Others in picture include Mr. Vibert Mingo (center) & Ms. Joy O'Jon (seated at left).

U.S. Embassy Humanitarian Unit presents school supplies to Linden children

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Karen Williams recently presented school supplies and clothing to more than 300 children from single-parent, low-income households in the Wismar/Christianburg community of Linden. The Embassy’s Military Liaison Office/ Guyana Humanitarian Assistance Program (MLO/HAP) sponsored this social outreach initiative, in collaboration with Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (Region 10), Mr. Mortimer Mingo.

The MLO/HAP team was supported by members of the local chapter of Women’s Aglow International, a multi-denominational organization of Christian women.  This small but active group of community-minded women – Claudette Solomon, Joy O’Jon, Coretta Benjamin, and Florine Dalgetty – were eager to provide assistance to families in need, and had identified the 300 children to whom the donations were made.  The presentation exercise was organized by the women’s group.