During? Wednesday and Thursday Guyana was affected by a record- breaking amount of rainfall that sent people seeking shelter at temporary locations because of the magnitude of the damage done to their properties.Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, and a team from her Ministry reached out to those persons affected by the rainfall. The Ministry is collaborating with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on this response following a mandate by President David Granger and the Cabinet.Minister Lawrence visited various affected areas yesterday morning. She met residents and the Administrators of the Dharm-Shala located in Albouystown, Georgetown.At the Home the administrators indicated that they didn’t really need any help at this time, that they did not need to evacuate. In fact they have a lot of space there.“I spoke with the administrator and went to see what else we can give. Very soon CDC should bring some long boots and other stuff for them,” Minister Lawrence reported.Some communities in Georgetown are still flooded but according to the Minister, Albouystown will take longer to drain since the pumps to drain that community are not functioning efficiently.At the Selman Fraser Nursery School they are housing children and their parents who have been severely affected. This started yesterday morning. CDC made contributions on Thursday evening and distributed meals, cots and water, the Social Protection Minister said. “This will continue until normalcy is restored to the communities.”Meanwhile, similar arrangements have been put in place in most of the hard-hit communities in Regions Three and Five. The Ministry has engaged the churches, the mosques and the temples seeking their assistance should the need arise.“They all gave positive responses that if the communities require them having to take-in or remove persons to shelters that they will be willing to step in and provide assistance,” Lawrence reported.The religious leaders have committed to the Government that they will monitor the situation in their respective regions with the aim of providing assistance, since they have a channel through the Ministry and the CDC whereby they will be given the necessary materials that would be required to assist the affected persons.Minister Lawrence is urging persons in flood affected communities who have senior citizens who need to be relocated to make contact with her Ministry.“The Ministry of Social Protection will come,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, evaluate the situation and remove those persons to Onverwagt, where they can house about 160 persons” she said. The Minister also visited Plastic City and Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, to assess the situation. At Plastic City, it was evident that residents are not affected. However, at Middle Dam,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, Pouderoyen, residents have been swamped for almost one month now since the area has a defective koker.Conditions there were compounded with the recent rainfall. The rainfall has resulted in increased water levels in rivers and canals,China Jerseys, which has significantly affected Regions Three and Four with flooding in several communities, in yards and homes in some instances.Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis teams comprising personnel from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and CDC and other supporting elements,China NFL Jerseys, were dispatched to Central Georgetown,Cheap Jerseys, East Coast Demerara and Region Three.Environmental Health Officers from the Ministry of Public Health were also deployed to shelters to ascertain the current health needs; The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) will continue to monitor and assess the vulnerable communities and conservancies which are usually affected by the heavy rains.