9ene]Xelan migrants Eegin reFeiving FritiFal sXpplies

Minister of &itizenship, :inston )elix, along with representatives from the &ivil 'efence &ommis sion &'& , the Ministry of +ealth and the International Organisation for Migration IOM , began distributing food and sanitation hampers to Venezuelan migrants in %arima :ani, 5egion One

/ieutenant &olonel .ester &raig, 'irector *eneral of the &'& stated that the ex ercise is aimed at “provid ing some amount of relief to communities where you have an influx of Venezu elans ´

+e noted that the items in cluded in the hampers were procured by &'&, IOM and U1I&E)

7he three day exercise which began 7hursday in .han +ill, Mabaruma saw

families being given much needed supplies 7hese included food sup plies, tarpaulins, sanitation items and baby supplies +ampers were also given to the village 7oshao, Ernest 6antiago

7he donation was intended to ease the burden of those who have been supporting these migrants for a number of weeks

7hough there was a lan guage barrier, it was evident that the Venezuelan mi grants welcomed the dona tions

7he exercise continued yesterday in .amwatta and 3owaikuru with hampers being distributed to eight families in each village On -uly , last, Minister of &itizenship, :inston )elix convened a multi agency coordinating meeting to tackle the Venezuelan mi gration issue

7his meeting included members of the *uyana 3o lice )orce *3) , Ministry of &ommunities, Ministry of Indigenous 3eople¶s Af fairs, Ministry of 6ocial 3rotection, Ministry of 3ub lic +ealth and the &ivil 'e fence &ommission &'&

(Kaieteur News)