When we receive a container for an NGO we like to attend the distribution of some of the items.
We provided 2 containers for Food for the Poor in Guyana. We requested some of the items to take to Linden to distribute to members and nonmembers at the Branch building. We had a great turn out. We were there 3 days, one to set up and two for the distribution. It turned out to be a lot of work. We had a great time and could have handed out twice as much if we had it.
In Trinidad we provided a container to FEEL and we had a request from a group in Cedros for help. We asked Elena for some items and took them down to Cedros. It sets on the Southern most tip of Trinidad. The unemployment is very high, they had coconut plantations but the drug lords have
bought up the property and shut down the plantations. It is only 7 miles to Venezuela, you can see it from the beach so they funnel drugs into Trinidad and then ship them all over the world. Elena was telling us that her grandfather has a coco plantation in that area, 1200 acres, but he cannot operate the plantation because the drug dealers threaten his family so the land is vacant except for the drugs that are grown on it. She had quite the stories.
We had a good distribution and the people appreciated all the items but as usual they asked when they could get more. We were there two days. It is a beautiful area and the people are great.
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