HEYS programme benefits 2,000 youth, 106 villages

HEYS participants pursing agriculture in Kopinang Village, Region 8 are seen here watering plant beds.

One hundred and six indigenous villages and 2,000 of their youth in Guyana’s hinterland have been able to benefit from the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme since it began almost a year ago.

Launched last October in the Region Eight community of Paramakatoi, HEYS replaced the controversial