Better Hope

Better Hope is a village located in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village has been named after the Plantation Betterhoop.^[2] It was originally a fishing village with many working on the sugar estates and nearby farms.^[3] The majority of the population is Indo-Guyanese with a minority of Afro-Guyanese.^[3]

Better Hope
Village
Better Hope
Coordinates: 06°48′38″N 58°05′26″W
Country	Guyana
Region	Demerara-Mahaica
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	4,491
Time zone	UTC-04:00 (GYT)

In 2018, a road was named in honor of Moses Dwarka, a competitive marathoner born in the town.^[4] Moses represented British Guiana in the 1959 Pan American Games.