First Lady launches Phase ll of Adopt an Orphanage

On Thursday morning at the Hope Children’s Home in Enmore, East Coast Demerara, First Lady Arya Ali launched the second phase of her Adopt an Orphanage Program. The program was first kicked start in 2021.

First Lady Arya Ali and Sponsor Jason of China Trading signs an MOU as part of the program

Last year when the program was launched, it covered nine orphanages but this year there is an additional two now bring the total number of sponsored homes to eleven.

Adopt an Orphanage is a concept where persons with the resources and skills assist orphanages and children living in those facilities with the needs and support necessary to ensure their comfort.

Phase ll of the program goes a little further than what the concept was when the program was first launched. This second phase allows for more visitation, interpersonal relationships with the children, assisting them with their school-based assignments, and much more.

Further, specialized services and activities will form part of Phase ll of the program. This phase will see medical care, field trips, movies and counseling, and a transition plan for adolescence within these homes while seeking employment for those once they attain adulthood. First Lady Arya Ali noted.

One of the main supporters of the program is China Ambassador to Guyana Her Excellency Guo Haiyan.

In her address, she noted that children have a right to grow happy, healthy, and safe and that a large part of what the Adopt an Orphanage program captures those basic fundamentals.

The Ambassador added that being a mother herself, when the First Lady’s project was put to her, she immediately agreed to come and board and offer support. She said when it comes to children, any government policy or program to enhance the life and welfare of those children should be commended and supported.

Delivering the Feature Address Thursday morning was First Lady Her Excellency Arya Ali.

She said children in homes who still have families who cannot afford to care for them or who were removed for better care fall within the bracket of most vulnerable. Re-socialising those children should remain a top priority said the First Lady.