US group to open Port Mourant social services centre next month

The New Jersey Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission is expected to commission its US$400,000 new social services centre at Ankerville, Port Mourant in August.

The centre hopes to provide skills training and counselling for at-risk youths, domestic violence victims, single mothers and senior citizens among other services, however, it needs additional funding to complete the furnishings so as to render the centre operational.

According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release, the New Jersey NGO which is funded by the Guyanese community in the United States and Canada has been operating in Guyana since 2005, and this latest venture, the Port Mourant facility, is the