Community development councils staffed by volunteers

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
STEM: Part of the audience at the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge Guyana contest at the Umana Yana on Saturday. Zeeburg Secondary came out on top in the competition aimed at kindling passion around Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
STEM: Part of the audience at the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge Guyana contest at the Umana Yana on Saturday. Zeeburg Secondary came out on top in the competition aimed at kindling passion around Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Members of the Community Development Councils (CDCs) are volunteers and their budgets for projects do not form part of the Regional Development Councils (RDC), rather they have to uplift project paperwork and money from the National CDC office in Georgetown.

This is according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganga Persaud