About Us
Baokopa’o wa di’itinpan wadauniinao ati’o niiThinking together for those coming behind us Our forest east of Kobarara Mountain in Wapichan territory in Guyana [Photo: Philip Brown, SRDC Monitor, 2016] The Wapichan people and our ancestors have occupied and used the whole area that we call Wapichan…
Our Vision
Our vision is that in twenty-five years’ time our people, our communities and our lands will be like this … We will live together on our traditional lands as Wapichannao. The entire Wapichan wiizi, as defined in our documents submitted to the Amerindian Lands…
Villages
Parikowaro Naawa Village (Parikwarinau) Parikowaro means grassland sparrow and naawa means hill. The village was named after the grandfather spirit of the bird, which is now sitting as a rock approximately 1 and a half km north from the centre of the village. It…
The SRDC held it’s last quarterly meeting for the year in Sawariwau Village from November 6-8, 2019
Over 200 persons attended the first day of the meeting. Discussions were held with Minister of Natural Respources Hon. Raphael Trotman on the protection of the main water sheds in the South Rupununi. Minister updated all on the existing order of 2009 that prohibits…
SRDC Alarmed by Fuel Spill in Creek
The South Rupununi District Council (“SRDC”), the representative institution of the 21 communities in the South Rupununi, expresses its grave concern over the pollution of Ikizapa Wao (“creek”), which falls within Aishalton Village’s titled lands, by a large diesel spill. Last Wednesday, October 10,…
Urgent action needed to prevent Dragga from Operating Illegally in the Kuyuwini and Upper Essequibo Rivers
Despite numerous commitments by the Government since December 2018, to date, no concrete steps have been taken to resolve the issue of the dragga in Parabara Village in the South Rupununi. In December of 2018, the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) informed the Guyana…