Tag: Deep South Rupununi

Telemedicine saves Konashen Baby’s life

Telemedicine saves Konashen Baby’s life

- September 2, 2023

Located hundreds of miles away from the capital city of Georgetown, lies an Amerindian village called Konashen/Masakenari in the deep ... Read More

Monies earmarked to upgrade Gunns Airstrip – Min Sukhai

Monies earmarked to upgrade Gunns Airstrip – Min Sukhai

- August 18, 2023

Masakenari is a remote village situated in the deep south of the Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and is ... Read More

Minister Sukhai visits Masakenari families following fatal boat accident

Minister Sukhai visits Masakenari families following fatal boat accident

- August 14, 2023

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai and her team journeyed to Masakenari Village, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine to offer ... Read More

$1B to be expended for infrastructural works in Region Nine

$1B to be expended for infrastructural works in Region Nine

- July 11, 2023

Some $1 billion in infrastructural works will be executed in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), scheduled to be completed by ... Read More

Single father and barber determined to make a difference in Aishalton

Single father and barber determined to make a difference in Aishalton

- November 26, 2019

Ministry of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs, Press Release Twenty-three-year-old Ananias Stephen a single father from the village of Aishalton, Deep South ... Read More

Shea receives $1.5M to boost agriculture

Shea receives $1.5M to boost agriculture

- November 24, 2019

DPI, Guyana, Sunday, November 24, 2019 The village of Shea in Region 9 has received the sum of $1.5M under ... Read More

Indigenous communities speak

Indigenous communities speak

- May 3, 2019

─ 2nd round of consultation on "2006 Amerindian Act" undertaken − “this was a promise made by coalition govt before ... Read More

Tasting sweet success…

Tasting sweet success…

- March 4, 2019

− Young Aishalton women turning cooking skills into a successful business − HEYS at work DPI, Guyana, Monday, March 4, ... Read More

GWI collaborates with Village Councils to install distribution network for Brazilian-drilled wells

GWI collaborates with Village Councils to install distribution network for Brazilian-drilled wells

- February 8, 2019

Friday, February 08, 2019 – Georgetown, Guyana: Residents of Deep South Rupununi, Region 9, will now have continuous access to ... Read More

Aishalton women producing their own homemade soaps

Aishalton women producing their own homemade soaps

- January 27, 2019

The Women’s Association of Aishalton, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine is now producing their own homemade soaps, using organic materials ... Read More