The issue of children being sent to the New Opportu-nity Corps (NOC) for ‘wandering’ came up for discussion again on Friday and this time between UNICEF representative for Guyana and Suriname Marianne Flach and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams.
Speaking to reporters at the Attorney General’s Chambers after holding discussions with Williams on a number of issues relating to children, Flach said UNICEF was disturbed that the majority of children at the NOC have been sent there for minor offences and other types of facilities need to be developed for these children.
“NOC, we think, is a good institution,” Flach said. “It is an open institution.
