| “Children accommodated at the Drop-In Centre do not reside in a state of chaos.”This was the firm assertion of Manager of the Hadfield Street, Georgetown,From left: Claudette Mentor,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Norma Hamilton and Melissa GentleCare Centre,Bobby Orr Jersey, Ms Melissa Gentle.Her remarks were forthcoming yesterday to refute allegations detailed in a daily newspaper which suggested that the facility which falls under the purview of the Child Care and Protection Agency, is currently in a deplorable state and the children there are not afforded deserving care.In refuting the allegations levelled against the facility, Gentle said “it must be noted that this is not a museum. As such people live here and things will be out of place (at times)…these are children.” Gentle has concluded that the content of the recently published article is merely an attempt at criticising an institution with only noble intentions.To prove that the state of the facility was not deplorable, Gentle yesterday morning afforded media operatives a guided tour of sections of the Hadfield Street Centre. There was no evidence of many of the allegations highlighted.Gentle however considered that any criticism levelled at the institution will only spur efforts at further improving it. “We need to take criticisms…to better whatever situation we may have…but as it stands it is not deplorable here,” asserted Gentle.While Gentle made it clear yesterday that the severity of a roach infestation reportedMelissa Gentle during a tour of the Drop-in Centre yesterday.on was not entirely true,Wholesale Jerseys, whereby children were being bitten. In offering an explanation for the presence of the creatures at times, she noted that “when we bring things in from the bond some of them tend to secret themselves, and as such they come in. But what the supervisors and I have devised is to empty these things outside, and that has helped to decrease the number of roaches,” said the Manager.Added to this, she noted that the facility regularly benefits from extermination services.“We have people come in here and do monthly spraying…we take care of the home as best as we can,http://www.theworldsoccersshop.com/Argentina-Facundo-Roncaglia-Jersey.html,” insisted Gentle.Children at the home, according to Gentle, are given the best possible care,Wholesale Jerseys Group, even as she added, as far as possible, they are not deprived of anything. This of course means that they attend school regularly and are granted the needful counselling that “troubled” children deserve.Although the Drop-In Centre has the capacity to accommodate some 40 displaced children, there are only 20 residing at the Hadfield Street location.Since assuming the position of Manager about seven months, Gentle disclosed that there have been numerous improvements to the facility, even moves at beautifying it. She however noted, that like most homes “we are now fixing for the Christmas…so right now you wouldn’t see the real beauty that we intend to showcase.”Gentle, as manager of the facility, has an office at the Hadfield Street location. She is tasked with administrative responsibilities there and has similar responsibilities at other Care Centres including the Mahaica Children’s Home and the Sophia Care Centre. She is able to fulfil her mandate with support staffers, among them a house service supervisor and an assistant supervisor.“They would look at the ‘on-the-ground’ aspects of things…they look at the daily running of the homes and my aspect is to help them acquire certain items…food and other items for the children.”Supporting Gentle’s defence yesterday was Norma Hamilton, the Assistant House Services Supervisor. She disclosed that she was surprised yesterday morning to see an article publicised which placed the children’s home ‘in an ugly light’. She particularly took aim at reports of the allegations of a roach infestation adding that “I don’t know if anybody’s home in Guyana doesn’t have a roach…” Because of the known presence of roaches,Discount NFL Jerseys, Hamilton said that the staffers at the home almost every day spray the environment with Baygon, an insecticide spray.Claudette Mentor, who is the House Services Supervisor, also shared the views of her comments asserting that she is very pleased to be associated with the Drop-In Centre which has been helping to fill a needful gap created in society. |
