 university of guyana supports covid19 fight ug cares project gifts medical supplies to palms region 4 and region 6 university of guyana supports covid19 fight ug cares project gifts medical supplies to palms region 4 and region 6 dominicbraam fri 6262020 1621 the university of guyana as part of its ug cares initiative which is geared to support the national effort in combatting covid19 has gifted the palms geriatric home demerara mahaica regional health office and region 6 regional democratic council with a quantity of sanitizing supplies masks oximeters and thermometers the simple but significant handing over activities were held on monday june 22 2020 at region 4 regional democratic office triumph east coast demerara while region 6 handover was done on june 24 2020 at the rdc chairman s office in new amsterdam the regional executive officer of region 4 ms pauline lucas expressed thanks to the university of guyana and stated that  the supplies will be used to fight the pandemic covid19 on a daily basis in all 31 health facilities across the demerara  mahaica region  the ceremony was attended by dr emanuel cummings dean of the faculty of health sciences dr christopher seetram a representative from region 4 regional health office and officers from the office of philanthropy alumni and civic engagement pace  which organised the funding and logistics in response to letters to prof paloma mohamed vice chancellor xi from alumni of the university requesting various forms of support in fighting the pandemic in photo ms pauline lucas dr seetram and university of guyana staff the regional chairman of region 6 mr david armogan himself an alumnus said that he is thankful to the university of guyana and that  this is indeed something that is needed in the region to assist in the fight against the pandemic   the chairman further stated that  this will go a long way to assist the people of region 6  the ceremony was attended by prof gomathinayagam subramaniam director of the university of guyana berbice campus along with officers from pace office there will be upcoming handing over activities of similar items by the university of guyana to communities in linden in photo mr david armogan and ug pace senior officers ms christine chowargir mstrovana azeez prof gomathinayagam subramaniam director of the university of guyana berbice campus to date the university of guyana s administration has taken measures to put the safety of its staff and students first a decision to restrict physical contact and interaction was taken just after guyana recorded its first covid case on march 11 2020 to this end specific social work and psychology assessments in the university have been modified to require students to apply their knowledge and expertise to ncov 19 by supporting the university and university connected including alum who are front line and whose communities are vulnerable ug cares is responding to this in 6 ways by partnering with local industry giants gtt and exxonmobil volunteers and students 1 supplying care packages based on a certain set criterion 2 creating and disseminating communication materials especially on prevention nutrition and care to hard to reach communities 3 providing educational support to children in orphanages 4 providing counselling support to persons in psychological distress and 5 providing analysis and technical support and data for policy and 6 in directly supporting medical and frontline workers who are ug alumni or affiliated read more about ug cares on wwwuogedugy or contact university of guyana office of philanthropy alumni and civic engagement pace turkeyen campus on telephone 592 623 3159 click on the links below to view more photos region 4  https wwwfacebookcom pg ugpacealumni photos tab album albumid 3527746527238278 region 6  https wwwfacebookcom pg ugpacealumni photos tab album albumid 3534332853246312 public relations division for the office of philanthropy alumni and civic engagement pace june 25 2020 ug cares project gifts medical supplies to palms region 4 and region 6  