Most of the working life of Ivor Melville, Executive Director of the Hope Foundation, has been in delivering public health services in HIV/AIDS and more recently COVID-19 in Bartica and outlying and hinterland communities in Region Seven.
Melville has done this in the absence of medical and public health outreach by the formal health system in those communities.
“Most of my working life, whether paid or voluntary, has been in the field of community-based health, social and youth-friendly services and conducting or facilitating skills training. My involvement in community development projects and working with people at the grassroots level have set the tone for their individual or community growth and development,” he told Stabroek Weekend.