The High Commission of Canada in Guyana yesterday signed an agreement with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to donate $8.484 million (Cdn$50,000) towards the purchase of emergency flood relief for the hardest-hit areas in Guyana.
The CDC Director General Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, and the Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman signed the agreement at the Commissioner’s Office on High and Young streets, Kingston, Georgetown. A CDC press release said that the donation is being funded through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). Also present at the signing was the High Commission’s First Secretary, Development Cooperation, Jessica-Leigh Teasdale.