Help and Shelter, St Joseph’s Mercy receive $2.8M in Canada aid

In photo from left to right are Director of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Ann Geer; Margaret Kertzious and Denise Dias, executives of Help and Shelter; Canadian High Commissioner David Devine; CEO of St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital Helen Bowman and a nurse.

Through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), the Government of Canada yesterday donated a total of $2,884,000 to the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital and the Help and Shelter organisation.

At a simple handing over ceremony, held at the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown, new High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine stated that not only was he pleased to be handing