Fifteen years after an ex-captain of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) had an idea for a home to be built for former military men who had fallen on hard times in their twilight years, the Guyana Veterans Foundation Rest Home is finally nearing completion.
When ex-captain Oscar Pollard – who has now migrated – had the idea in 1995, he could see the need for such a home as he looked around at the plight of those who had diligently served their country. Unfortunately, a lot of those men and women he would have seen in need so many years ago are no more.
But the need is still there and according to President of the Guyana Legion Colonel (rtd) Carl Morgan, Pollard would never have envisioned the