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).
I see no reason why the Grenadian government needed outside help to feed it’s people. They could have provided the goods that were in those packages quite easily themselves. We cannot become a benevolent reliant country depending on others to solve our problems, hand-outs perpetuate the problem…until we have our own, we have nothing.
I’m fed up with these people who claim to be governing the beautiful island of Grenada. Who have clearly bankrupt it to the point of no return. They have more or less given away all the prime properties and everything of value to so-called investors and confirmed abusers in that of the Chinese. These people whom language can’t even be understood by most Grenadians are now occupying lands in the east, west, south and maybe the north of the island. Why is the governing body doing this to the people and the future generation. Are the Grenadian natives going to sit by quietly and allow the so-called people who are representing our interest supposedly in league with their newly chosen abusers working to ensure that their gangster operation being carried out on native Grenadians is successful? Why is it they always do things which makes the natives appear to be like beggars. Stop accepting stuff from these people unless we know the cost of it or what the island has to give to them in return. Grenadians 2020 is the year for constructive change, look around, check out the world’s situation, take action against the evils that are happening on the island in the name of development by people who’ve shown that they’re not intelligent.
Not convinced or impressed that this is a good deed.
I smell a rat with a hidden agenda
Hmmm…this is highly sinister and disturbing stuff…even more so with the Grenadian government involved.
The government of Grenada cannot feed and do hampers for their own people? Ridiculous.
Grenadians need to keep that same energy for the IMF/ World Bank and the World Trade Organisation who have got the government paying illegitimate debts/loans, and signed to trade deals that are unjust and also all the European companies that buy land and have businesses and don’t pay tax and their profits go out of the country not benefiting Grenadians. The Chinese did not enslave Grenadians and then make them work without pay for three years. The Chinese, to my knowledge haven’t bombed Grenada.
Government stop relying on the Chinese and handouts support your people and your country yourself be self suffient. Build Grenada youselves you will ruin the country by letting the Chinese rule Grenada watch and see.
China have their eyes on Beautiful Grenada. Check out what they are doing to Africa right now. They are abusing the natives keeping them locked up and refusing to let them go home. They only allow the Chinese workers to go home. Their products ARE NO GOOD! They are not in Grenada’s interest. They are there to take over Grenada and all it’s resources like nutmegs spices,the beaches and everything about Grenadian’s way of life represents. They are like locusts on a cornfield. DO NOT TRUST THEM. GRENADIANS PLEASE WAKE UP. I would not be surprised if Grenada is being sold out to China for GREED AND MONEY!!
Yet again another race of people are pulling the wool over our eyes, can we ever learn? No one give anyone anything for nothing. Grenada. My Grenada, look before you leap, learn by example.
Foolish Grenadian leaders calling in a foreign entity notorious for dishonest practices the world over. How can you trust a regime who thinks nothing about afflicting harm on its own people and use this regime to help take care of your own? China has an agenda attested to by its own beleaguered citizens who are under a regime that has curtailed their rights in religion etc. China is like hell, never satisfied with what it has, extending its borders wherever it sets its sights and unfortunately the Caribbean with its poor simple people and naive greedy politicians is one delicious sight.
World dominance is China’s goal and greedy black people just hand over what they have to them for the money they deceitfully tempt them with.
Do your research naive people and find out what is happening to the Fiji Islands, the Himalayan border with India, Jamaica, Africa, the south-pacific islands (Vanuwatu), Canada even the USA where a quarter of companies, universities and land are owned or have stake-out claims in them by the Chinese.
The Chinese care about no one but building themselves up to rule the world and its inhabitants.
They kill and torture anyone who go against their regime, religion means nothing to them as they have shown in the persecution of the Christians there. Covid-19 is the least of what they can do.
They move in into poor or greedy politicians who are to blind to see their true agenda, they put “heavy investments in countries that simply don’t have the means to pay them back, build big needless structures, (ring a bell?- The Stadium in Grenada!!!) and when these countries cannot pay back as they often can’t do, they then claim land, a territory or an island to pay back the debt. You think the Western regime was bad Caribbean people? Well you haven’t seen anything yet if China is allowed to control your lands.
Small island territories are waking up today realizing that their government made deals with China that the people cannot undo. AND CHINA WILL NOT LET THEM OFF THE DEBT!!
They will rob you by deceit, spit in your food while serving you with a smile. and curse and belittle you in their language even while standing in front of you.
These are serious times Grenadians, its definitely not a time you want YOUR country and its assets in the hands of any foreign entity. STOP ACCEPTING HELP FROM CHINA!!! Do some research and see how countries are waking up to their tactics. They even peddle contaminated masks to the US. Grenada you have enough resources—-healthy resources to take care of your own people.
Here is a thought. After the food in the hamper runs out what then?
Your people would still be in want but China would have gained a stronger foothold in Grenada.