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 county.
In a recent visit to Region Two, Pomeroon Supenaam, she met with Regional Chairman Parmanand Persaud and Regional Executive Officer (REO) Sunil Singh where she presented her plans.
Husain is presently trying to allocate the land and once that aspect is secure, then 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 they came from. “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 with confident to represent Guyana in London when the international pageant is staged in December.
During her visit to Pomeroon Supenaam, she also met with staff of the Region Two Administration, and participated in a lunch at the Mainstay Resort. She also visited schools, with many using the opportunity to take photos.
She would have received tokens from the Region Two Chairman and Regional Executive Officer. The queen was accompanied by Executive Member of Miss World Guyana Roger Gary on her trip to the Cinderella County.