Cox: Covid19 relief grants difficult to process
Sunday 27 December 2020
Lucien Joseph who suffers with Buerger's disease – an inflammatory and blood disorder – speaks to Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox during an outreach programme in San Juan on Christmas Day. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB -
Due to the sheer volume of people applying for government assistance due to the covid19 pandemic, Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox admitted that processing relief grants was one of the most difficult tasks she faced for 2020.
Speaking with reporters after distributing hampers to families in need in Weekes Trace, San Juan, on Christmas Day, Cox said there was a need for the ministry to shift resources towards processing applications for families in need.
Cox spreads Xmas cheer to needy families
Saturday 26 December 2020
HELPING HAND: Social Development and Family Services Minister Donna Cox gives a Christmas Day gift to little Jabari Straker at his San Juan home. - ROGER JACOB
IN AN effort to spread the holiday spirit, Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox and some of her staff delivered gifts and food to needy families in San Juan on Christmas Day.
Speaking with reporters at Weekes Trace, off Mission Road in San Juan on Friday afternoon, Cox said one of the people identified as most in need of assistance was Tricia Pierre Straker, a 43-year-old mother of eight and she was happy to help however best she could as minister.