UNDP provides US$75,000 for human trafficking fight

UNDP Resident Representative Khadija Musa (left) and Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster exchange signed copies of the US$75,000 project to support the victims of human trafficking in Guyana and their families.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday received US$75,000 ($15.4M) from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a project to help combat human trafficking by giving support to the victims and their families.

The project aims to strengthen the ongoing efforts of the ministry toward public awareness, training of focal points in the administrative regions, victim support and updating the directory of focal points in the administrative regions.

Minister Jennifer Webster, moments after a simple signing ceremony at the