Commendation for Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc.

Dear Editor,

AS a thriving Humanitarian Mission sewing student, I am proud to be sharing my experiences with you all. First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the students, including myself, for finally graduating, even through this dreadful pandemic! Every end has a new beginning; today might be the last day for some of us as students in sewing classes, but I believe our learning will actually start from today. When I first started sewing, I was prepared to learn, explore, make new friends and get to know me better as an individual self while trying out a new talent such as sewing. Before sewing lessons, I admired other people involved in the art of sewing, such as making beautiful dresses, tops, skirts etc., thinking to myself how blessed that individual is for possessing such a quality talent! But here I am; I started that same journey of talent in sewing for myself. I am more than happy to say that I had made the right decision on January 11, 2020 to give myself the challenge to start sewing classes.

Although my learning may seem little to many, I feel I have made it through our class with a marvellous mind mark of talent! Every little encounter and experience gained here at the mission has been enriching, and will remain within me for life, be it taking part in our little sewing projects, or simply working along our teacher, Ms. Raj as she imparts her knowledge of sewing in simpler terms to get on to our level of understanding. Ms. Rajshree Singh Harripersaud is the kind of teacher cut out specifically to be interested in elevating others; anyone who is lucky enough to hear a piece of advice from her soft-spoken voice is safe to count on her words, because she portrayed a well lived life as a strong independent woman.

Her teaching students who don’t even know to thread a sewing machine to make skirts and dresses is just plainly a portion of skillful teaching displayed at every session of our classroom exercise with her! She is not impatient;she doesn’t want to run home and close up when the time is up; she is always trying to help us succeed. And this is what she will continue to do when other students continue continue to her advance class. Mr. Suresh Sugrim, the President of the Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc., a man with vision to help our community thrive, is always looking out to help elevate the people, meaning, he literally practises Confucius’ sayinghat goes something like “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.”

At the Humanitarian Centre, he has employed people of various skills, for example, sewing, hair, nails, food catering and information technology so that individuals (students) can be qualified enough with ample knowledge and experience to start earning and providing for themselves and families. Our donors, we thank you sincerely! We paid our tuition fees ($2,500 per month), and bought our materials to work with, but we still needed electricity, sewing machines and payment for our teachers etc. Our donors have provided such in our classroom setting, enough! We thank you and appreciate your contribution.

Yours sincerely,
Natasha Khan