[www.inewsguyana.com] – First Lady, Sandra Granger has partnered with the Self Reliance Women’s Group of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara to commence a clean-up campaign in their communities.
The campaign is one phase of a business/entrepreneurship workshop which was launched last month by the First Lady at the Good Hope Learning Centre. The workshop, which is funded by the Office of the First Lady, is conducted by Mr. Wayne Barrow of Interweave Solutions.
The First Lady explained that the model being used has been tried and tested by Interweave Solutions and proven to be successful in places like Africa, and parts of Central and South America. The aim is to empower rural women and teach them to manage and sustain their small entrepreneurial ventures.
As part of the workshop, the women are required to formulate a community based project for implementation.
“This is the third phase of their programme. It is aimed at giving back to the community while bringing them together and I don’t think they could have come up with anything better than this,” Annette Roopchand, Administrator of the Good Hope/ Lusignan Learning Centre said.
Kamini Sininaught, President of the group, explained the rationale behind the group’s initiative, stating that “the community is a part of our programme. We thought that if we have a business and the environment is not clean, it would affect your business, so we decided to tackle the garbage situation first before we do anything else and we want to do it continuously.”
In the meantime, Mrs. Granger praised the initiative while calling for more residents to become involved in such a community enhancement project.
“The women came together and decided that they needed to clear up the garbage in this community and I am happy to see that they are becoming involved in this. They wanted me to see what they were doing and I am happy to be here to give the necessary support. I hope that this will encourage other residents to come out and assist in keeping their communities clean,” the First Lady said.
The programme will come to an end in November, after which, the women are expected to put together and present their own business plans before approaching financial institutions for the support needed to move forward. [Extracted and modified from Ministry of the Presidency]
If you were smart enough you would be booking a flight to NEW DELHI so you could live clean, your hate for a better Guyana is eating away at your sleeping brain,wake up and get used to be ruled by a nation you are afraid of, ask yourself when you look in the mirror why am I scared of my own,why cant I live as a Guyanese and not a hater of another person, you’ll be in reverse for a very long time,,,RIP Private Partnership Program
Donkey go clean your mouth and get a life,,,you won’t stop progress and a very clean Guyana,even the criminals from top to X XX mins will be cleaned out of all the ill gotten riches,I hope the street sweeper pass close to U fool,,,
First Lady partners with Lusignan women in clean-up campaign
These people ent smart. They should start crying out they are oppressed and depressed like those PNC people do.