Sod turned at Ankerville for Arya Samaj humanitarian village

An artist’s impression of what the village will look like (GINA photo)

Vulnerable persons are expected to benefit from a humanitarian village that will be constructed at Ankerville, Port Mourant, Corentyne by the New Jersey Arya Samaj and its Guyana Chapter, the Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission.

According to a release from the Government Infor-mation Agency, street children, abused persons and elderly persons without families will be housed at the humanitarian mission village while single parents, teenaged mothers and school dropouts will be provided with skills training.

After the completion of construction, the humanitarian village will produce a technical/vocational education programme for accreditation with the Ministry of Educa-tion for empowerment, work towards the eradication of poverty through empowerment and education by making available competence-based skills for the