Region 8 toshaos, councillors undergo labour, human trafficking sensitisation

Junior Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe (at centre) along with facilitators and participants in the workshop at Kato.

Toshaos and village councillors belonging to 17 indigenous villages in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) recently completed a two-day workshop in Kato to help equip them to address labour and human trafficking issues.

According to a release from the Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Ministry, the interactive sensitisation/training sessions also focused on domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse and sexual abuse.

The workshop was hosted by the ministry in conjunction with the Ministry