Ten micro-entrepreneurs from across the country yesterday received $1M each under a Chilean government-funded programme to start various projects, which, among other things aims to curb hunger in the areas where they live.
Under the ‘Enhancing the Economic Livelihood of Poor in Guyana’ programme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday handed out $10M in vouchers to hopeful small-business owners.
“Lindeners are exploited by the sellers who charge them more than two times the price for fish and meat products so I am glad that my business will help where they can access, especially fish at far reduced prices,” new mother Sherene Niles told Stabroek News as she nursed her four-week-old baby. She and nine other beneficiaries
