Oluatoyin Alleyne

Ambassador Cheryl Miles has crafted an enviable career in diplomacy, the only job she did for some 37 years; after nine years away, she is back full circle as head of mission in Venezuela, where she first served as ambassador 30-odd years ago, still with a lot to offer.

After over 30 years in the teaching profession Sharon Smith has put away her chalk and may have erased her last words from the blackboard but education has not heard the last of her and if given the opportunity, she has much more to offer.

“I can’t trust him, when he leaves the house I just know he is going to see somebody and my friends would tell me they does see him…,” she said almost to herself.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne Raised in a “very violent family” in Jamaica, Jacqueline Linder from a very young age saw herself as a “survivor of trauma” and knew that the inner struggles that came with such an experience were faced by many others and this planted the seed of wanting to help such persons.

At 21, Rosemarie Ramitt has already fought many battles and while she has tasted the sweetness of victory time and again, her struggles continue, not just for herself, but for many others in the same situation.

She stopped at the stall on Bourda Street and looked around before quietly asking the price of a slice of pumpkin.

She looks anxiously at her wristwatch before she begins to speak.

The dog barked and resisted as his owner took him into the store and after a kiss on his mouth she left as he tugged at his leash seemingly with the intention of following her, but he was soon scooped up and comforting words were said in his ear as he settled contentedly on the inviting lap.

Unable to find the right photographs of wooden buildings in Georgetown for her child’s assignment, Amanda Richards and her then primary school child armed themselves with a ‘point and shoot camera’ and roved the streets of the city, taking what they considered to be the right photographs of various buildings.

It is the dream of many to own their own home  and in Guyana this often entails purchasing a piece of land first through the Central Housing and Planning  Authority (CH&PA), a process that in itself can be a struggle.

At 16, Richard Kansinally had just graduated from the St Roses High School where he was among the top ten and as a result he baulked at attending the Government Technical Institute (GTI) as was being suggested by his parents, his belief was that the institute was for low achievers.

Some people tend to look like they belong in certain professions.

After a hard-fought battle with rare bone cancer two years ago, 50-year-old Sukree Boodram thought she was winning when she was told that she was in remission.

She wrung her hands and the tears she had been fighting began to flow down her cheeks; her emotional pain was almost tangible.

– gov’t intervention underway, but stakeholders say should be more strategic A recent report by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has painted a horrifying picture of the Region One community Baramita, where the incidence of sexual and physical violence is so high among women and children that young girls are forced to walk with broken bottles in their bosoms as a form of protection.

She left her mother’s home at age 13 and soon after was pregnant with her first child.

Smart City Solutions is not a company loved by many moreso motor-ists in Georgetown since it is responsible for the metered parking now in force.

Her day starts at 5 am and the early hours are filled with the rush of preparing herself for work and her daughter for school; once she leaves work at 4 pm, she bolts home to help her daughter with homework before rushing off to her night job from 6 pm to 2.30 am.

  Today we begin a series which focuses exclusively on the raw experiences of women all across the country.

A breathtaking photograph of a benab with children standing around outside and the Pakaraima Mountains in the background planted a seed in young Odacy Davis’s mind and though it was not watered for many years it continued to grow and today it is a full-fledged tree; the love she developed for the environment is now her career.