A spirit of restoration is afoot in the East Coast Village of Victoria and the movement is being led by the Victoria Reconstruction Trust (VRT). A principle member of the VRT, Desmond Saul, and other Victorian residents are working to “recover some of what we have lost.”
“Victoria was one of the premier villages but over the years and changing circumstances… we are at that stage where once we were leaders but now we are laggers,” Saul says. With the VRT, Saul hopes to develop the community and bring it back to its former glory.
A village of firsts
Victoria village is significant in Guyana’s history. It was the very first village to be established following the abolition of slavery. Victoria was a cotton plantation according to