Every Saturday over 1,600 Guyanese and other immigrants leave the Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry (CMFP) in Richmond Hill, Queens in New York feeling relieved that their week’s groceries have been taken care of.

Tony Singh, a New York City businessman along with other members of his “prayer group,” established the pantry some 20 years ago.

Singh, a New York City businessman, told SN: “I always say the programme is for the working poor because people are working and it is still difficult for them to make ends meet.”

Singh, his daughter, Asha, 25 and other team members, visit Guyana yearly to conduct charitable work.

Singh said the pantry got started after he and his team recognized that many immigrants are not immediately able to stand on their own, when they arrive in New York (NY).