ZWAANTJE DeCambra, better known as “Zoey”, is a female beekeeper who is empowered to earn in her home village of Santa Aratak, Demerara River, Region Three.
She produces top-quality honey in different flavours, and her target market is for export and tourists, with her produce being sold at the Santa Aratak Gift Shop — a space where all local produce by women is retailed.
DeCambra, a single mother, had lost hope of restarting her small beekeeping business when a devastating wildfire last year completely destroyed her hives in the savannah of her village.
Guyana Livestock Development Authority