UG students hold youth empowerment course at Bath Settlement

Some of the craft items on display. In the background is the sign that the students donated.

A group of young persons who were part of a six-week empowerment course at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice are now geared to “restructure poverty.”

The course was organized by a group of final year Social Work students from the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC).

The UG students were tasked with undertaking a community intervention project and chose the skills training course. It entailed techniques in tie-dying, setting a seed and using recycled materials to create ornaments for the home.

At a simple closing ceremony held on Wednesday, lecturer,