The indigenous communities in Guyana have received a boost in their fight against the ravages of COVID-19 with a donation of US$200,000 from the Republic of France.
In a recent release, the French Ambassador to Suriname and Guyana (based in Paramaribo) on behalf of his government, acknowledged that the indigenous communities living in the Amazon rainforest have been particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, in response to a request for emergency aid to support indigenous peoples in the Amazon, France has contributed US$2 million (€1.8 million) to the “Amazon Emergency Fund”.