The United States Embassy joined the Festival City Youth and Parent Organisation (FCYPO) for a community clean-up last weekend as part of the ‘Guyana Shines’ initiative.
According to a press release from the Embassy, US Ambassador D Brent Hardt and a team from the Embassy joined in the exercise on Friday and donated tools including a rake, hoe, wheelbarrow, broom and gloves to support the effort. Habitat for Humanity, the University of Guyana’s Eco Trust Society and students from its School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Scotiabank, Youth Media Guyana, Marian Academy and the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central all pitched in.
Although the FCYPO works almost every Sunday to clean the community, this clean-up was