stabroeknews.com: Glimmers of hope

Amid the daily diet of crime, unprecedented violence against women and children, the divisive and bitter politics that suffuses every part of life and the increasingly oppressive hands of the government and the opaqueness of its business, it is easy to forget that positive things are also happening.

Admittedly, of all the mirrors of society, the media in particular tend to be reflective of a preponderance of the negatives, but they do also capture the positives as the under-mentioned cases will demonstrate. For every positive act that is publicized or recognized there are countless others that slip by unheralded and anonymous particularly as the doers seek no plaudits. And that is how it should be; service and good deeds done not for the recognition but because of a happy meeting between necessity and beneficence…

…There are many more examples of these positives on a daily basis. The work of charities like Food For The Foor (Guyana) which helped to ease the dislocation of flooded communities in Region 10 last week amid a flurry of other donations is one example. Food for the Poor has been a major source of assistance across the country for many years.

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