{"id":26407,"date":"2025-02-09T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26407"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:56:18","slug":"elderly-couple-receives-new-home-through-men-on-mission-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/elderly-couple-receives-new-home-through-men-on-mission-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Couple Receives New Home Through Men on Mission Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings, January 18, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventy-eight-year-old Berenda Bowman and her husband, John Bowman, are now the proud owners of a brand-new two-bedroom home, thanks to the Men on Mission (MoM) initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple, who previously lived in a deteriorating structure in South Ruimveldt, expressed overwhelming joy and gratitude upon receiving the keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m glad for it because the house was in a terrible state. It was leaning, and I even fell down in it,&#8221; John Bowman shared. &#8220;So I\u2019m happy, really happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berenda also extended her heartfelt appreciation to President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Minister Kwame McCoy, and the government for making the initiative possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the importance of such programs for vulnerable citizens who lack the means to rebuild or construct their own homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Hon. Kwame McCoy, attended the handover ceremony and praised the initiative\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would like to congratulate you and your family on this achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Men on Mission has once again demonstrated its capability, but more importantly, it reflects the love, care, and compassion of this government for the vulnerable in our country,&#8221; McCoy stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Men on Mission project, spearheaded by President Irfaan Ali, is a key pillar of the &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; initiative, aimed at improving the lives of citizens in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest effort reaffirms the government&#8217;s commitment to uplifting the most vulnerable members of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings, January 18, 2025 Seventy-eight-year-old Berenda Bowman and her husband, John Bowman, are now the proud owners of a brand-new two-bedroom home, thanks to the Men on Mission&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26407","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=26407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26408,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26407\/revisions\/26408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}