Minister of Human Services Jennifer Webster told the Buxton family whose home was destroyed when a plum tree came crashing down on it on Sunday night that government stands ready to provide assistance.
Webster also conveyed President Donald Ramotar’s concern about the family and his interest in ensuring that it is given support, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.
“We will try to assist you in whatever way we can… we will work out possible solutions as to how we would help you overcome the difficulties that you have just encountered,” she told Lorna Glen who was the homeowner. Permanent Secretary at the Ministry Lorlene Baird and Director of Social Services Wentworth Tanner were up to Wednesday evaluating the family’s losses.
The family has been given temporary accommodation at the Guyana Relief Council, which also provides free meals and clothing.
All of their possessions were destroyed.
Glen had told Stabroek News that she, her two daughters and a nephew were at home when the tree fell.
“My daughter was feeding her young baby and I was somewhere in the house when this thing just crash on the house,” Glen said.
The teary-eyed woman related that amid floodwaters, several residents ran to their rescue and pulled them to safety. She said that seven persons, including the baby and a six-year-old lived at the house.
Glen said that after the tree fell on the house, a section of the structure had remained standing, but some time around midnight, the entire structure crashed into the ground. She was grateful that no one was seriously hurt.
