First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday launched her ‘Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop’ at the Mabaruma Learning Resource Centre in Barima-Waini (Region One), where more than 40 women will be exposed to entrepreneurial and management training, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
The release said that the workshop, the fourth of its kind, is being held under the auspices of the Office of the First Lady, and is financed by the Ministry of Social Protection and Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. The participants, all women, were drawn from communities including: Moruca, Mabaruma, Port Kaituma, Barabina Hill, Kumaka and Hosororo. Some are already small business owners, while the others are hoping to start up.
The release said that reminiscing on her childhood in the region, the First Lady said that there was a time when Barima-Waini was a major food producer but that has not been the case in recent years. “Coming to the
