NDC WOMEN PROVIDING PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE
St. George’s, March 8, 2010 – Female members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are planning to meet within the next few months for a major event to build camaraderie and examine ways of providing practical assistance to women in their communities.
Ingrid Rush, head of the Women Affairs committee of the NDC, said the
meeting – likely to be held in September – will be more than just a
mere convention.
“We do not want a convention where women come together and listen to
some nice speeches and everybody is talking and people are getting
bored,’’ said Mrs. Rush, a former member of the Upper House of
Parliament.
“We’ll just call it a day of supporting each other and rallying around
our communities and seeing what could be done,’’ she said. “We’ll be
sharing our experiences, looking at helping women who might be having
problems – maybe helping them to find jobs, or with a family situation,
or maybe with a child in school.’’
Mrs. Rush, Food Security Coordinator in the Ministry of Agriculture,
said one of the focuses of NDC women in the past year has been visiting
and helping senior citizens in institutions, such as the Cadrona Home
for the Aged.
The assistance, including preparing meals for the elderly and doing
house cleaning for them, must continue, she urged. “Look out for the
social aspect of our communities,’’ Mrs. Rush appealed. “We don’t want
to be running around building big shrines, talking about big projects
and our people are being neglected. Our emphasis will be on how to
build our community; on how we support each other, how we build a
family party, how we build camaraderie and just how we support all of
the institutions around us as far as possible.’’
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