Guyana opens 'Because We Care' cash-grant payout as 2026 distribution begins

Guyana has begun the 2026 round of its “Because We Care” cash-grant distribution, the recurring per-child education payment that government uses to put oil revenue into household hands ahead of the new school year. For diaspora families supporting relatives at home, the timing matters: the grant lands alongside back-to-school costs and the government’s wider push on housing, where officials say applications have now climbed to about 81,000 as the administration targets clearing the backlog within four years. The payout is being framed by Georgetown as direct relief rather than infrastructure spending, a distinction critics continue to press as the country debates how broadly its boom is being shared.

Source: News Room Guyana, Kaieteur News (June 29, 2026).