On Saturday, 27 June 2020, one hundred and eighty Grenadians benefited from a food hamper provided by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Grenada, and the Grenada China Friendship Association.
The donations were proportionally distributed to families in St David, St Andrew, St Patrick, St Mark, and St John.
The relief food drive was initiated by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and supported by the Grenada China Friendship Association, who both saw the need to support vulnerable Grenadians during this time of slow economic growth from the effects of Covid-19.
Rice, sugar, flour, baking powder, oil, peas, milk, potatoes, onions, garlic, saltfish, sardines, oats, soap and bleach constituted some of the items in the relief hamper. Local grocery stores conveyed appreciation for the sales in these unforeseen difficult times — as the items were purchased in the parishes where beneficiaries live.
Recipients expressed gratitude for the intervention. Paul Phillip of Marigot, St John was proud to benefit from the initiative, considering his circumstances — suffering from the recent deaths of his wife and daughter, and the amputation of his leg because of chronic illness. “This goes a long way,” he said, “I am truly grateful.”
On Saturday 4 July 2020, the food relief drive will conclude with the delivery of 20 food hampers to residents in various villages in St George, compliments of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Grenada, the Grenada China Friendship Association, and the Consolidated Contractors Company Caribbean Inc. (CCC).
THANKS TO THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THE FOOD HAMPERS… IF ALL THOSE RUNNING THEIR MOUTH CIULD COME TOGETHER, MAKE A SACRIFICE AND ORGANISE A FOOD HAMPER THEN MAYBE CHINA WOULD NOT FULFILL THIS NEED. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR GOVERNMENT OFGRENADA , THANKS TO THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND I DO HOPE GRENADA AND CHINA FRIENDSHIPS CONTINUE TO GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNFS IN THE FUTURE.
What is growing by Leaps and Bounds is sadly a Debt Trap.
The tone and attitude above here surely needed a further comment, as it is alarming to what level is panhandling now a mastered art ?
The old saying goes; Open Mouth – Words Fly Out.
At times like these; Close Mouth before Covid-19 virus fly in. An unwelcomed China delivery of same. Nothing to be Thankful there for.
As a Country, we must Rise above all of this Debt Mentality. This is nothing our children deserve and will be stuck paying it all back.
Very sad, the person above who said, thanks to China for the hampers. Is people like you, who would sell out your own family. Grenada have the second best soil in the world, only the Amazon rainforest is better, you telling me you can’t feed yourself, that’s sad.
This I 100% agree with. People refuse to work the land and feed themselves. I would be very weary of any “support” coming from China. We know that they do not like black people and consider us inferior so what makes us think they are helping out of the goodness of their heart.
Grenad is so beautiful. Rich soil, lots of farmlands. Please dont accept these wicked chinese alms. They will kill and destroy beautiful Grenad like they do in Guyana, Jamaica, only black countries they are invading because they think we are vilnerable. They dont like us. Get it, chinese are criminals, vermons, cannibals, please get them out before its too late.
One love my people. Keep Grenada great.
Yours truly Gail Lambert
Remember people the Leader of Grenada is there for greed filling his pockets. They like to beg others for help. Cant they help themselves! Years and years is the same thing. Does the Leader of Grenada let the people know what he is doing with each dollar he receives in Loans? He just love to add debts upon debts and unable to pay back even with China. Why do we need cheap goods and labour from China? They have an agenda and our government is not smart. They think they are but most government leaders are con artist. We don’t need China to give us food. We have to take our land back people and plant our own food. Go away with they artificial fertilizers somewhere else. I refuse to buy stuy made in China. Why don’t we start buying from black businesses, clothes etc. It may cost more but we can buy one at time. You see the system was created for black people to be oppressed, stay poor, uneducated, use us for they profits. Even our own government is keeping the locals down but are filling they pockets selling out our land. It’s sickening.
I don’t eat Chinese food due to my bad experience when I bought sauteed eggplants (balagen), they full of fungi (mildew). When I made the first bite then looking athe food, my stomach just turned. I was so dam upset.
I will be supporting black buisness. It is time. We must not wine about buying stuff from them. I will like black buisness to be transparent, honest. And encourage them.
Come on Grenadians! Save our island!
Grenada China Friendship Association. That sounds like a place, where money change hands, seriously.
Grenadines, wake up. Chinese don’t like us, by that I mean BLACK PEOPLE. They’re only in Grenada for their own benefits, and not ours ( Grenadines).
They have a terrible Human rights history, and they eat everything that Moves, and you’re going to tell me, we’re letting them feed us. JAH ALMIGHTY, gave us the 2nd best soil in the World, only to the Amazon rainforest. Do you know? That in China they have Galleries, with photos of Primates and photos of Black People, comparing Us to them. Please, Grenadines wake up and seek knowledge… China is over populated and they’re looking for new pastures, don’t be like other Caribbean Islands, and become a grazing field. JAH ALMIGHTY, help US.
This China handouts are an insult to our culture. None of this will ever make up to the tragic harm inflicted on Grenada and the rest of the world from Covid-19.
We should never stoop to these sort of ” Peanuts for Peasants ” while politicians gourmet dine and wine in luxury.
Grenada gets tens of millions regularly in Grants, plus borrows hundreds of millions; Why aren’t those funds not get used properly to improve standards of living and improving people’s lives ? It is a need for all Grenadians to benefit from it, not just the connected politicians and their families and friends.
If there were public Accountings of all these State Funds, all people would realize improvements to their standard of living.
Tell china sort out their human rights
So why we taking hands out from China. Again Grenada got enough money from IMF and the international community to provide for its people a small population . Tell the Chinese take their food back. Grenada always pretend to be so poor always begging.
Very good points and very relevant. The Chinese only care about China if you look at there pass politics it’s clear to see. Don’t be fooled please
Grenadian WAKE UP!!
We have to elect people who represent our interests not short sighted ,self serving politicians who only want to line their own pockets and those of their kin.
GRENADIAN LIVES MATTER.
Just when we thought we had seen and heard all the absurdities possible from the people who claim they represent Native or Indigenous Grenadians; we then get exposed to more and more foolishness beyond comprehension.
First of all, the COVID crisis has clearly exposed the fact that we are totally unprepared, helpless, poor, and exposed to all sorts unjust maladies and misfortune partly because of unintelligent decisions the people who said they represent us have made and continue to make.
If we sit down and really examine our condition with true honesty, many of us, Indigenous Grenadians, will feel hopeless beyond imagination.
To further add to our hopelessness, we are now driven to accept scrapes from so-called Chinese people, who are here to take whatever little resources of value we have left. Since when Chinese people became our friends?
We better stop dreaming right away to prevent this dream from turning into a horror story. We never had and currently don’t have any friends. The world is an unfriendly place, and so, logic dictates that it is impossible for us to have any friends. We need to pound this into our brains from now until the end of time.
This cheap psychology the people who say they represent us, who are in league with the Chinese, is only intended to fool Indigenous Grenadians who are asleep. It is time we take back La Sagesse before they get too comfortable. Remember that we have not had access to the plot of land they occupy in La Sagesse for decades; it went straight from the Taiwanese to the Chinese. We have plans and uses for this prime piece of land.
It very difficult to understand why the people who represent us are always in search of newest and greatest abuser for us. The only reason I can think of for this kind of inappropriate behaviour is that our so-called representatives may be in the business of self-hate and are working toward having us develop as much self-hate as possible.
The sad part is now that we have been reduced to beggars, what next can we expect for our generations to come? We got tricked into giving up little we had under the disguise of tourism or the so-called “blue economy”. Now we are in search of other people to come trick us even more. When are these educated people in government going to start solving our problems instead of kicking us around like a ball to the latest, in-fashion abuser?
Wake up, Indigenous Grenadians!
Absolutely spot on !.Take your blinkers off Grenada, look what they did in Jamaica, look at their behaviour in the mother land…..when we will learn
Well said John, it’s free for all, except native Grenadians. Wickedness in high places! Hmmmmmmm