Roseau, Dominica: In order to facilitate the elderly people of the Commonwealth of Dominica with their basic needs the livelihoods, Vince Henderson- Parliament Representative from Grand Bay constituency delivered the food hampers to the elderly people on Friday, April 15, 2022.
The initiatives have been taken under the “Yes We Care Programme“ to provide basic needs to the people of the constituency. People could find all the necessary items for the elderly which included various types of food items and cleaning supplies.
The Minister responsible for Planning, Economic Development, Climate Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Renewable Energy- Vince Henderson expressed his pleasure after attending the delivery ceremony and stated he enjoyed a lot for doing something good for the people of his constituency.
While expressing his pleasure, Vince Henderson noted, “I spent most of my day delivering food hampers and cleaning supplies to the elderly under the Yes We Care in the Grand Bay constituency.”
He further emphasized that the interaction with the elder people was a great experience for him as interaction with these people offered him a chance to know them even better.
In addition to that, Henderson expressed deep appreciation and gratitude to Justina Riviere, former Member of Parliament for the Grand Bay constituency, and stated that she had done incredibly well in contributing different supplies to the elderly people.
Vince Henderson added, “I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to Mrs. Justina Riviere, former MP for the Grand Bay constituency for her kind contribution of supplies, Mrs. Magdalene Jno Baptiste, supervisor of the NEP Caregivers, Mrs. Sylviane Bellot, supervisor of the Yes We Care, Ms. Hildreth Morancie and other volunteers. I Would also like to thank my driver for the day, Mr. Donavan Fabien.”
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