Disadvantaged groups get Business Minister’s support for help in creating small businesses

Arising out of a meeting between Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin and a group comprising representatives of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF), the Deaf Associa-tion of Guyana (DAG), Help and Shelter and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), on Wednesday April 5 to discuss some of the collective challenges facing their constituents, an understanding was reached on the issue of creating a more constructive relationship between the aforementioned organizations and the ministry.

DAG’s Sabine McIntosh informed the meeting that her organization’s constituents consist of students and early school leavers. She drew attention to DAG’s partnership with the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) and the successes of a number of their skills-training