{"id":26348,"date":"2025-02-08T23:54:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26348"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:54:46","slug":"helping-hands-ngo-brings-new-year-joy-to-seniors-and-children-in-west-watooka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/helping-hands-ngo-brings-new-year-joy-to-seniors-and-children-in-west-watooka\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Hands NGO Brings New Year Joy to Seniors and Children in West Watooka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Helping Hands Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) spread New Year joy to both senior citizens and children at the James Residence in West Watooka over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson Sherry Fyffe-James shared that the event, which was formerly hosted by the PPP\/C Wismar Flat Group, now falls under Helping Hands, an organization that has grown to give back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, sixty hampers were distributed to senior citizens, along with two hundred and eighty toys for the children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, forty-five monetary gifts were provided to seniors who did not receive hampers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherry James highlighted that Helping Hands completed over 25 projects in 2024, such as repairing steps and assisting with storm clean-up efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In interviews with two beneficiaries, Joan Luke, a senior citizen, expressed gratitude for the event, praising Sherry&#8217;s dedication to giving back, while Harold Evans also shared his appreciation for the kindness shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. James thanked sponsors, including Dr. Gregory Harris, Charlene Mc Rae, Prime Minister\u2019s representative Orin Wilson, and others for their contributions that made the event successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These acts of charity and love exemplify the positive impact Helping Hands continues to make in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2025 The Helping Hands Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) spread New Year joy to both senior citizens and children at the James Residence in West Watooka over the weekend. Chairperson&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26349,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348\/revisions\/26349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}