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Guyana Citizens’ Initiative for Flood Relief
Mattress Project

	The GCIFR is a newly formed non-governmental organization that has been focusing on current and long-term measures to alleviate the effects of the flood and its impact on the affected population.
The GCIF has a working relationship with the Guyana government, non-governmental and international organizations as well as network with affected communities through their representatives.
	The Mattress Project of the Guyana Citizens Initiative for Flood Relief (GCIFR) began on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 after community groups, working with affected residents, identified mattresses as one of the items urgently needed.
A fact-finding mission by members of the GCIFR found that many residents were either forced to discard their mattresses soaked with polluted flooded waters or at best wash and use them again.

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	Though washed, many of those mattresses still pose a serious health hazard.
As part of efforts to satisfy this basic need because many of the residents cannot afford to purchase new mattresses at this critical period, the GCIFR distribute the first of 76 mattresses through grant financing of $500,000 by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce
	The two communities initially identified to benefit from the Mattress Project are Good Hope Phase 2 and Plaisance on the East Coast Demerara.
The GCIFR urges other institutions and individuals to join the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce in providing additional financing of at least GUY$6,600 (US$33) to purchase a double mattress for at least one flood-affected family.
	As more funds are acquired, this project will expand to other communities. URGENT FUNDING is needed and United Caribbean Trust appeals to the Guyana Association of Barbados Inc to assist in this project.

For further information on our mattress project, please contact

Dr Raquel Thomas (592) 624 0297

Ms Sharon Ousman (592) 624 0298

Contact email:

unitedcaribbeantrust@yahoo.com
guyanafloods@yahoo.com

Website: www.guyanafloods.org (or www.guyanacitizensinitiative.org)

Citizens’ Initiative Bank Account Information

Bank: National Bank of Industry and Commerce
Name of account: Citizens’ Initiative Flood Relief
Account number: 654-745-9
Bank address: 38-40 Water Street, Georgetown
Guyana, South America
Bank International Acct number: SWIFT NBIC GYGG
Signatories: Conrad Plummer
Harry Parmessar
Vanda Radzik

UNITED CARIBBEAN TRUST BARBADOS BANK ACCOUNTS:

First Caribbean International Bank Bds Ltd

Super Centre Complex

Warrens

St. Michael

Barbados

Account number 1000431831

UNITED CARIBBEAN TRUST BERMUDA BANK ACCOUNTS:

HSBC Bank USA
SWIFT CODE: MRMDUS33
Fed Wire ABA: 021001088
CHIPS ABA: 0108

Bank of Bermuda
6 Front Street
Hamilton
Bermuda

SWIFT CODE: BBDABMHM
CHIPS UID: 005584

Beneficiary account number: 830282
Beneficiary name: Appleby Trust (Bermuda) Ltd as the Trustees of the United Caribbean Trust