More people visit Living Water Community for hampers

The Living Water Community (LWC) distributed more than 800 hampers to families in need of help on Friday. It was the seventh such distribution since measures were put in place to curb the spread of covid19.

People began arriving and lining up at the Frederick Street, Port of Spain venue since Thursday night.

By Friday morning, the line extended to Keate Street with several police officers helping to keep order and ensuring people were practising physical distancing guidelines.

The distribution of hampers started at 6am and people were attended to in batches of 20. This continued until around 9am, but some in the line were left empty handed as the hampers ran out. They were advised by the police to try to arrive a bit earlier next week to get a number. Last week, about 875 hampers were distributed.

One woman told Newsday, "It is a good help because many of us are out of work at the moment. We hope this will continue as the country returns to normal."

Living Water officials said the program will continue as long as individuals and companies continue to collaborate.

The office continues to receive donations Monday through Thursday from 8am to 4pm.