The women of Red Village are among the most vulnerable to poverty on the Essequibo Coast, in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Guyana. Predominantly Amerindian, this community has no health centre, community multipurpose building or properly maintained play field. The pitched streets are built on sandy loam soil which due to Read more…
GEPAN, Friday, September 9, 2016: The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network (GEPAN) through its Support Education Campaign (SEC), donated stationery gift bags to primary School children of Kuru Kururu, located on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. The community is comprised of predominantly Amerindians and people of mixed descent who migrated from different Read more…
Lima on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2, was the fourth community to benefit from The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network’s (GEPAN) Support Education Campaign (SEC). Stationery gift bags were donated to 21 Primary School children of the New Housing Scheme on Thursday, September 1. The packages were donated by Read more…
The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network (GEPAN) under its Support Education Campaign (SEC), donated stationery gift bags to 26 Primary School children of Tenez Fairm in Canal Polder #1, West Bank Demerara, Region 3, last Sunday. GEPAN’s Executive Member Rishma Ajodha, delivered the packages to the 26 children on behalf Read more…
GEPAN, Guyana, September 8, 2016: The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network (GEPAN) on Sunday, September 8, continued its Support Education Campaign (SEC) in Hope village (Hope Estate) located on the East Coast Demerara, Region 4. SEC is an initiative which was recently launched by GEPAN, to encourage school turn-out Read more…
The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network (GEPAN) in an attempt to support education and assist parents in Red Village, Essequibo Coast, Region 2, distributed stationery to Primary School children within the community. After having worked in the community earlier this year in partnership with the Suddie Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Read more…
Today is International Children’s Day, one of the days dozens of countries have set aside to reflect on children’s rights. The Guyana Empowered Peoples Action Network (GEPAN) remembers the children of the streets, those who are victims of forced labour and TIP, those who are victims of poverty and abuse Read more…
GEPAN PRESS RELEASE: IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION AGAINST REGION 9 REO The Guyana Empowered Peoples’ Action Network (GEPAN) lends its full support to the twelve hundred (1200) petitioners who are demanding the immediate removal of the current Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region 9, Carl Parker. We also strongly Read more…
The Amerindian Land Titling Project was launched by the Government of Guyana and funded by revenues generated by the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). An initial US $10.7 million was allocated to the project when it was established in June 2014. The Implementing Partner of the project is the Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry Read more…
… A publication by Survival International It has been long debated whether or not development, in other words progress, can negatively impact indigenous peoples. While this is widely the case for indigenous peoples world wide,it is our belief at GEPAN that the Amerindians of Guyana have over the years learnt Read more…
