Ninety-eight youths and 19 facilitators of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) in Region 10 were the first to receive their month stipends last Thursday.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, the youth and their facilitators originate from six villages in the region and are the first group of participants to have received their monthly stipend since the programme was launched a year ago in Paramakatoi, Region 8.
Present for the distribution was Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe who had travelled to the region to
