Central Rupununi women get fillip from New Zealand project

Members of the community visiting a model shadehouse at St Ignatius School, facilitated by NAREI & financed by HOMF

The community of Parik-warunawa (PK) in Central Rupununi recently celebrated the handover of a women’s livelihood project funded by the New Zealand High Commission Head of Mission Fund (HOMF).

A press release from HOMF said that the project started as a way of reviving the income generation activities of the PK Women’s Group.

It had three distinct elements: the resumption of upgraded sewing, including new and refurbished machinery,