Recently GEPAN saw a surge in requests for food items coming from families in fragile situations. This can be attributed to the COVID-19 crisis, which is experienced differently across the social spectrum in Guyana. Low-income households are on the frontline bracing the financial and economic consequences resulting from COVID-19. Unemployment, Read more…
One of the challenges the local non-profit faces is getting support at the individual level. There are multiple reasons for this, such as a general tendency to look to others to determine if to take action. Simply put, the majority of a crowd may secretly want to help or participate Read more…
GEPAN continued its Christmas tradition of gifting toys to children. This year, more than two hundred children on the Linden – Soesdyke Highway, Essequibo Coast, East Coast and East Bank Demerara were treated to a bit of good Christmas cheer. Book bags and stationery were provided to children in several Read more…
GEPAN continues to invest in its year-round Support Education Campaign (SEC) by providing ICT material to learning institutions and children in need. Though there have been efforts from governments to introduce Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools in Guyana, not all schools benefit from ICT hubs or learning centers Read more…
GEPAN continues to expand its SEC programme and this year’s novelty includes providing tertiary education opportunities to teenagers who otherwise cannot attend institutions of higher learning. This includes funding summer classes at the University of Guyana for promising students who are ambitious but whose families cannot cover their expenses. Our beneficiaries receive US 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…
… 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…
In an attempt to engage the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, to resolve the issue arising from the possession of mining blocks by another Minister on proposed Amerindian land, the following letter was issued by GEPAN. Hon. Minister Raphael Trotman Ministry of Natural Resources Upper Brickdam Read more…
