“I really did think that when I get this new job things would get so much better. But is like the more money you get is more things getting worse. Sometimes I don’t even want go to the supermarket anymore because is like a headache thinking what to buy and what I can’t buy.
“Before, you know, you go with $30,000 and I would get things to last me for at least two weeks. But now $30,000 like it not even lasting for a week.”
These are the words of a 35-year-old single mother of three who found a new job that pays her double the salary she made at her old job. I have known her for years and decided just to speak to her about the rising cost of living we are all facing in Guyana and worldwide.