Following the conclusion of a five-day ‘Training of Trainers’ programme, 24 persons from villages in the Mabaruma sub-region are expected to return home as trained facilitators of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme.
The training programme began last Tuesday when Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe travelled to the Region One town to roll out the HEYS programme. The five- day interactive session was held at the Broomes Estate Guest House in Mabaruma and saw persons travelling from villages such as Kamwatta, Whitewater, Bumbury Hill, Red Hill, Hobodia, Yarakita and Hotoquai to be a part of the session.
Earlier this year, Garrido-Lowe had told Stabroek News that once the 2016 budget is passed and the
