Miss Guyana-World visits her native Essequibo County

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The new Miss Guyana World 2014, Rafieya Husain
The new Miss Guyana World 2014, Rafieya Husain

Less than a week after being crowned Miss World Guyana, 22-year-old Rafieya Husain is already promoting her platform of domestic violence, and promises to build a shelter for abused victims in her native Essequibo County.

On a recent visit to Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam, she met with Regional Chairman Parmanand Persaud and Regional Executive Officer (REO) Sunil Singh and outlined her plans.

Husain is presently trying to identify the land and, once that is secured, then construction of the building will commence.

She intends to raise funds to help in the construction. The REO congratulated the Queen on her recent success which, ultimately, made the Region proud. Hence, the Administration will support her proposal.

Husain said it is her desire to see that abused persons have somewhere to go and are not forced to return to the situation from which they came. “Many times people are being abused, they speak out very well but have nowhere to go, which is sad…I want to stop this,” she said.

Husain reiterated that the pageant exposed her to lots of experience and she is ready and confident to represent Guyana in London when the international pageant is staged in December.

During her visit to Essequibo, Husain also met with staff of the Region Two Administration and participated in a lunch at the Mainstay Resort. She visited schools, as well, where many persons used the opportunity to take pictures.

She received tokens from the Regional Chairman and REO and was accompanied on her trip to the Cinderella County by Executive Member of Miss World Guyana, Roger Gary.

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