UG commissions facilities for students with disabilities

Stacy Johnson cuts the ribbon to commission the ramp installed at the Education Lecture Theatre with assistance from US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Thomas Pierce.

The University of Guyana (UG) hosted a brief ceremony on Monday to mark the commissioning of ramps and other installations as it embarks on creating an enabling environment for persons with disabilities.

In a press release the university said three washrooms and three ramps and assistive technology including a quantity of computer software and hardware, as well as furniture for visually, hearing and mobility impaired persons were installed at the Turkeyen Campus.

An overview of the project to assist differently-abled persons was given by Stacy Peters-London, Planning Officer in the Office of Resource Mobilisation and Planning. Brief remarks were also made by Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dr Marlene Cox, US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Thomas Pierce and Chairman of the National Commission on Disability Evelyn Hamilton also lauded the initiative.

The university said in September 2008 it received $5M from USAID Disability Fund after it had submitted a proposal for the upgrading of its library to allow some sections of its holdings and services to be accessible to