Former Member
Hope for brighter future
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— as gov’t commits to re-opening closed estates
— struggling retrenched workers look forward to returning to work
By Nafeeza Yahya-Sakur
SINCE the closure of the Skeldon and Rose Hall Sugar Estates in 2017 and 2018, the lives of over 4000 retrenched workers in Region Six took a dreadful turn. Many were forced into despondency, depression and poverty with no income and no available alternative to earn a living.
Many families have been forced to ration their meals and lifestyles in order to cope with the untold hardship and financial drought.
For Manny Ram, 47, a former estate driver and a father of three from Number 77 Village Housing Scheme, his dreams were shattered as he had to abandon the completion of his house when the Skeldon Estate closed its doors.
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Source: The People's Paper